layabout

[ ley-uh-bout ]
/ ˈleɪ əˌbaʊt /
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noun Chiefly British.

a lazy or idle person; loafer.

Origin of layabout

1930–35; noun use of verb phrase lay about, nonstandard variant of lie about

Words nearby layabout

lay up, lay vicar, lay waste, lay-by, lay-up, layabout, layamon, layard, layaway, layaway plan, layback

Words related to layabout

waster, wanderer, wastrel, malingerer, slouch, lazybones, good-for-nothing, loafer, idler, deadbeat, do-nothing, slacker, sluggard, shirker, beachcomber, lounger, goof-off, sponger, slugabed

British Dictionary definitions for layabout

layabout
/ (ˈleɪəˌbaʊt) /

noun

a lazy person; loafer

verb lay about

(preposition, usually intr or reflexive) old-fashioned to hit out with violent and repeated blows in all directions