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  • present participle of loaf.
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loafing

American  
[lohf-ing] / ˈloʊf ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or state of passing time in an idle, lazy, or relaxed way.


adjective

  1. passing time in an idle, lazy, or relaxed way.

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The Loafing Shed tasting room at English Estate Winery is another lovely spot for wine and snacks.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022

The foreman at first tried to wake Harris, thinking she was asleep, according to Creative Loafing, a local news site.

From Fox News • Oct. 31, 2021

“All that I am today is because of those two men: Otis Redding and James Brown,” he told Atlanta’s Creative Loafing newspaper in 2007.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2017

Riopelle was taken to a hospital but was taken off of life support by his family about a week later, according to an obituary in the Atlanta blog Creative Loafing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2014

"Loafing is not resting; labor is the grindstone of life's dull edges," quoted Dorothy Dale on the evening of her return from the city.

From Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays by Penrose, Margaret

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