loaf

2
[ lohf ]
/ loʊf /

verb (used without object)

to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.
to lounge or saunter lazily and idly: We loafed for hours along the water's edge.

verb (used with object)

to pass idly (usually followed by away): to loaf one's life away.

Origin of loaf

2
1825–35, Americanism; back formation from loafer

OTHER WORDS FROM loaf

un·loaf·ing, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for loafing

British Dictionary definitions for loafing (1 of 2)

loaf 1
/ (ləʊf) /

noun plural loaves (ləʊvz)

a shaped mass of baked bread
any shaped or moulded mass of food, such as cooked meat
slang the head; sense use your loaf!

Word Origin for loaf

Old English hlāf; related to Old High German hleib bread, Old Norse hleifr, Latin libum cake

British Dictionary definitions for loafing (2 of 2)

loaf 2
/ (ləʊf) /

verb

(intr) to loiter or lounge around in an idle way
(tr foll by away) to spend (time) idly he loafed away his life

Word Origin for loaf

C19: perhaps back formation from loafer

Idioms and Phrases with loafing

loaf

see half a loaf is better than none.