idler

(Inglês)

Noun

1. One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.
2. One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
3. (dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.
4. A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power through its own axle, but forms part of a gear train, supports a moving belt, etc.

Adj

comparative form of idle: more idle

idle

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Etimologia (Inglês)

From idle + -er.

Conceitos

vagabundo

ocioso

zangão

inativo

vadio

Sinônimos

loafer

lazybones

dawdler

sluggard

lazy person

slacker

layabout

lounger

good-for-nothing

bum

do-nothing

idle wheel

idle gear

ne’er-do-well

dead-beat

lazy

lazy fellow

drone

saunterer

leisured

slothful

gaper

saunter

indolent

slow-coach

lazy-bones

reveller

lazy boy girl

sponger

stroller

tightener

truant

twiddler

unemployed

work-shy

flaneur

good-for-naught

idler pulley

loaf around

shote

chair warmer

badly-behaved person

quarrel-some person

unruly person

jockey pulley

jockey wheel

tension pulley

block bearing

carrying idler

dead pulley