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  • present participle of loaf.
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loafing

[lohf-ing] / ˈloʊf ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
doing nothing useful
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One of the reasons a steakhouse is such a prime place to order meatloaf is simple: the meat they are loafing is usually excellent.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Walt Whitman inspired a former teacher’s fascination with loafing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

I don’t mean the loafing tan meerkat from “The Lion King,” though he might do.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021

There is a seven-stall stable with tack room, a large equipment barn and two loafing barns.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2020

Pages later—hearing and exposed—Whitman starts to write about all the travel he can do by imagining, and lists all the places he can visit while loafing on the grass.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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