0 present participle of loaf
1 to avoid activity, especially work:
In this context, ivory gulls were loafing on ice pack at the edge of openings.
There is also a letter written to the superintendent in 1923 which, complains of girls ' ' loafing ' ' or being truant in the railroad depot.
Limiting the size of the group to three reduced the likelihood that 'social loafing' would be present, since this is more likely in larger groups.
Is loafing about in prison what it is all about?
He said there was too much loafing going on in this country.
Would not prisoners of war be very much better engaged in some kind of work than simply loafing about?
I feel that soldiers are much better engaged in using their brains in a political discussion than, possibly, loafing about in a drinking club.
Also, during the long period when we shall be loafing about in the country we should discuss certain aspects of our trading policy.
