LAYABOUT Synonyms

• person who does no work

• a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel

• person who does no work

• someone who fails to meet a financial obligation

• stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

• an unchanging intonation

• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

• an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

• a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

• make a monotonous low dull sound

• talk in a monotonous voice

• someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

• wasting time

• a lazy person

• someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

• someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

• a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

• a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

• a projectile that is fired from a gun

• a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms

• a counterfeit coin

• an idle slothful person

• an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped

• a strip of type metal used for spacing

• any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell

• (boxing) a blow with the fist

• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

• a workman employed to collect sponges

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)