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Definition:

(verb) To sit around and do nothing. To be idle.

Pronunciation:

laze

Also Known As:

loaf, relax, slack off

Examples:

"It wasn't a sense of duty; they all knew well enough how to shirk, and laze, and dodge--when they had a mind to it--and mostly they had. Joseph Corad, Youth

"No, I don't like work. I had rather laze about and think of all the fine things that can be done." Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

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