idling
Meaning of idling
verb, gerund or present participle
- spend time doing nothing.
four men were idling outside the shop
we idled the afternoon away
- (of an engine) run slowly while disconnected from a load or out of gear.
Nadine kept the engine idling
Old English īdel ‘empty, useless’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijdel ‘vain, frivolous, useless’ and German eitel ‘bare, worthless’.
Information about idling
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Hyphenation of idling
idling
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- idling is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
idling synonyms
Meaning idleness:
Meaning live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way:
Meaning (of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak:
Meaning decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally:
Meaning slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect:
Meaning (of water or air) cease to flow or move; become stagnant:
Meaning behave in a lazy, indolent, or clumsy way:
Meaning spend time aimlessly; idle:
Meaning waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters:
Meaning pass time in a leisurely manner:
Meaning spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner:
Meaning stand or wait around without apparent purpose:
Meaning move or cause to move in a specified direction:
Meaning give (money) to pay for goods, services, or so as to benefit someone or something:
Meaning take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ:
Meaning give work to (someone) and pay them for it:
Meaning reside or have one's place of business in (a building):
Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:
Meaning charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way:
Meaning spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy):
Meaning give all or most of one's time or resources to (a person or activity):
Meaning use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose:
Meaning (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear:
Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
Words that rhyme with idling
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