Definition of idle

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Idle (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours..

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Idle :: Idle (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours..
Chaff :: Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter..
Idler :: Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch..
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle..
Dorr :: Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor..
Rogue :: Rogue (n.) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..
Player :: Player (n.) One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler..
Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..
Trapes :: Trapes (n.) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman..
Wind :: Wind (n.) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Smoke :: Smoke (n.) Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk..
Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.
Forslugge :: Forslugge (v. t.) To lsoe by idleness or slotch.
Lidless :: Lidless (a.) Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful..
Idled :: Idled (imp. & p. p.) of Idl.
Truant :: Truant (a.) Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy..
Fume :: Fume (n.) Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination..
Fool :: Fool (v. i.) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
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