idles in English

verb

1

(of a person) spend time doing nothing; be idle.

four men were idling outside the shop

synonyms: do nothing, be inactive, vegetate, take it easy, mark time, twiddle one's thumbs, kill time, languish, laze, lounge, loll, loaf, loiter, hang around, veg out, bum around, lollygag

verb

do nothing, be inactive, vegetate, take it easy, mark time, twiddle one's thumbs, kill time, languish, laze, lounge, loll, loaf, loiter, hang around, veg out, bum around, lollygag
run in neutral, run
slug, laze, stagnate
tick over

Use "idles" in a sentence

1. Idles a little rough in neutral.

2. The common cold idles more people than any other disease.

3. The idler idles away the hours watching TV.

4. Above this tableau , at the lip of the ravine, a bulldozer idles.

5. A lover may bestride the gossamer That idles in the wanton summer air

6. Brutalism is the debut studio album by Bristol band Idles, released in March 2017.

7. A lover may bestride the gossamer idles in the wanton summer air, and yet not fall.

8. Antonyms for Agonizes include aids, assists, assuages, calms, comforts, delights, helps, idles, lazes and placates

9. (ə-rĭth′mĭk) adj. Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm: "a slight Arrhythmic imperfection when the car idles" (Garrison Keillor).

10. He had requested a transfer from his previous club with a faxed one-liner: "the salmon that idles its way downstream will never leap the waterfall.