louse around in English

Forms: louses around [present, singular, third-person], lousing around [participle, present], loused around [participle, past], loused around [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} louse around (third-person singular simple present louses around, present participle lousing around, simple past and past participle loused around)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "louses around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lousing around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loused around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loused around",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To slack off; to be lazy or a parasite on others."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "slack off",
          "slack off"
        ],
        [
          "lazy",
          "lazy"
        ],
        [
          "parasite",
          "parasite"
        ]
      ],
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        "(British, slang) To slack off; to be lazy or a parasite on others."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "louse around"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "louses around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lousing around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loused around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loused around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
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        "English slang",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To slack off; to be lazy or a parasite on others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slack off",
          "slack off"
        ],
        [
          "lazy",
          "lazy"
        ],
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          "parasite",
          "parasite"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, slang) To slack off; to be lazy or a parasite on others."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "louse around"
}

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"louse around" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms