idling

Meanings

Plural: idlings

Noun

• having no employment
• An idle period; something done idly.
• The state of running at idle.

Verb

• run disconnected or idle
  • "the engine is idling"
• be idle; exist in a changeless situation
• present participle and gerund of idle

Synonyms

idle, idleness, laze, loafing, slug, stagnate, tick over

Antonyms

run, work

Related Words

loafing, loitering