Idiom idiom
loaf around
Meaning
to do nothing in particular, be idle.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I like to loaf around on Sunday mornings.”
“After finishing all my exams, I spent the entire weekend loafing around the house.”
“Instead of preparing for the upcoming project, he chose to loaf around the office, much to his manager's growing frustration.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026