idling

Meaning of idling

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. spend time doing nothing.
    four men were idling outside the shop
    we idled the afternoon away
  2. (of an engine) run slowly while disconnected from a load or out of gear.
    Nadine kept the engine idling

Old English īdel ‘empty, useless’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijdel ‘vain, frivolous, useless’ and German eitel ‘bare, worthless’.

Information about idling

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of idling

idling

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • idling is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

idling synonyms

Meaning idleness:

idleness, loafing

Meaning live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way:

vegetate

Meaning (of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak:

languish

Meaning decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally:

degenerate

Meaning slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect:

moulder

Meaning (of water or air) cease to flow or move; become stagnant:

stagnate

Meaning behave in a lazy, indolent, or clumsy way:

slummock

Meaning spend time aimlessly; idle:

lollygag

Meaning waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters:

fritter

Meaning pass time in a leisurely manner:

while

Meaning spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner:

laze

Meaning stand or wait around without apparent purpose:

loiter

Meaning move or cause to move in a specified direction:

pass

Meaning give (money) to pay for goods, services, or so as to benefit someone or something:

spend

Meaning take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ:

use

Meaning give work to (someone) and pay them for it:

employ

Meaning reside or have one's place of business in (a building):

occupy

Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:

fill

Meaning charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way:

beguile

Meaning spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy):

expend

Meaning give all or most of one's time or resources to (a person or activity):

devote

Meaning use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose:

waste

Meaning (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear:

dissipate

Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):

kill

Words that rhyme with idling

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