Idiom idiom
loaf about
Meaning
To do nothing in particular; to be idle.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I just want to loaf about on the couch today.”
“After working hard all week, he decided to spend his Sunday loafing about the house.”
“Instead of attending to his pressing duties, he chose to loaf about the garden, watching the clouds drift slowly across the summer sky.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026