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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Dally :: Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle..
Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.
Vanity :: Vanity (n.) That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment..
Vagabondage :: Vagabondage (n.) The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
Industry :: Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them..
Lollop :: Lollop (v. i.) To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.
Oxymoron :: Oxymoron (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness..
Bullion :: Bullion (n.) Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc..
Bridle Iron :: Bridle iron () A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger..
Tidley :: Tidley (n.) The goldcrest.
Truant :: Truant (v. t.) To idle away; to waste.
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Idle-headed :: Idle-headed (a.) Delirious; infatuated.
Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
Idler :: Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch..
Ragabrash :: Ragabrash (n.) An idle, ragged person..
Industrious :: Industrious (a.) Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor..
Loaf :: Loaf (v. i.) To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.
Crabsidle :: Crabsidle (v. i.) To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular]..
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