Meaning of IDLER
| Pronunciation: | | 'Idlur
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| | Definition: | | [n] person who does no work; "a lazy bum" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bum, do-nothing, layabout, loafer |
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| | See Also: | | clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dawdler, daydreamer, dillydallier, drone, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, laggard, lagger, lazybones, lie-abed, loon, lounger, mope, ne'er-do-well, nonworker, shirker, slacker, slug, slugabed, sluggard, spiv, sunbather, trailer, trifler, whittler, woolgatherer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \I"dler\, n.
1. One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy
person; a sluggard.
2. (Naut.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and
keeps no regular watch. --Totten.
3. (Mach.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under {Idle}.
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| | Related Terms: | | Arab, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, bum, bummer, bungler, clock watcher, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, diddler, dillydallier, disregarder, dodger, dogie, dolittle, do-nothing, doodler, drone, faineant, gamin, gamine, gentleman of leisure, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, guttersnipe, hobo, homeless waif, ignorer, laggard, landloper, lazybones, lazzarone, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, loller, losel, lotus-eater, lounge lizard, lounger, lubber, malingerer, mope, moper, mudlark, neglecter, negligent, piker, potterer, procrastinator, putterer, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder, shirker, ski bum, slacker, slouch, sloucher, sloven, slug, slugabed, sluggard, slut, stick-in-the-mud, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, time killer, time waster, tramp, trifler, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, waif, waifs and strays, waiter on Providence, wastrel |
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