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101mope — v 1. brood, pout, sulk, pine, fret, grump; moue, Brit. mump, grimace, mow, grouch; ache, agonize, grieve, complain; languish, despond, droop, sink; despair, lose heart, lose the will to live, give up. n 2. brooder, melancholic, sobersides,… …
102poke — v 1. push, butt, jab, dig, nudge, jog, punch; thrust, force, drive, stir, impel, goad, prod; jolt, jostle, elbow, shove. 2.Usu. poke out extend, project, protrude, overhang, beetle; stick out, shoot out, hang out. 3.Usu. poke into intrude, meddle …
103slacker — n shirker, shirk, malingerer, Brit. skulker, Brit. Sl. scrimshanker, Inf. soldier, Inf. goldbricker, Brit. Sl. skiver, clock watcher, Sl. goof off, Inf. boon doggler; procrastinator, dallier, dawdler, idler, layabout, loafer, faineant, trifler,… …
104flâneur* — flâ•neur [[t]flɑˈnœr[/t]] n. pl. neurs [[t] ˈnœr[/t]] French. fot idler; dawdler …
105dawdle — /ˈdɔdəl / (say dawduhl) verb (i) (dawdled, dawdling) 1. to waste time; idle; trifle. 2. to walk slowly or lag behind others. –phrase 3. dawdle away, to waste (time) by trifling: to dawdle away the hours. {? variant of daddle toddle} –dawdler,… …
106slowpoke — /ˈsloʊpoʊk/ (say slohpohk) noun Colloquial a slow or dull person. {regional US (1840s) slow + poke a lazy person or dawdler, from poke to stick one s head forward, a stance associated with slouching} …
107poke — Ⅰ. poke1 (pōk) v. poked, pok·ing, pokes v. tr. 1. To push or jab at, as with a finger or an arm; prod. 2. To make (a hole or pathway, for example) by or as if by prodding, elbowing, or jabbing: »I poked my way to the front of the crowd …
108delinquent — [adj] irresponsible, defaulting behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, defaultant, derelict, disregardful, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, offending, overdue, procrastinating, red handed*, remiss,… …
109derelict — [adj1] careless, negligent behindhand, delinquent, disregardful, irresponsible, lax, regardless, remiss, slack, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy; concept 542 Ant. careful, caring derelict [adj2] deserted, forsaken abandoned, castoff,… …
110laggard — [n] straggler dawdler, idler, lingerer, loafer, lounger, slowpoke, slow starter; concept 151 …
