Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laze about

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: laze about
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do nothing in particular; to be idle.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"No, I don’t like work. I had rather laze about and think of all the fine things that can be done."
"“I think it’s simply marvellous,” enthused Joyce, into the mirror, “that I’ve been able to adjust so quickly to office routine, don’t you? . . . After all these years of indulging myself, sleeping late, pottering, lazing about! […]”"

Usage

Inflected Forms

lazes about (present, singular) lazing about (participle, present) lazed about (participle, past) lazed about (past)

Synonyms

laze around loaf loaf about loaf around

Questions

What does laze about mean?: To do nothing in particular; to be idle.

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