| 释义 |
Definition of slummock in English: slummocknounˈslʌmək British informal A dirty, untidy, or slovenly person. ‘you lazy little slummock, you’ shouted Mam Example sentencesExamples - Never have we seen gathered in one place such a collection of servants, underclass's, scoundrels, rogues, cads, mountebanks, didicoys, romanies, slummocks, sluts and slatterns, all indulging in acts of depravity and vile seediness.
Synonyms layabout, good-for-nothing, sluggard, slug, laggard
verbˈslʌmək [no object]British informal Behave in a lazy, indolent, or clumsy way. you've slummocked in bed for weeks Example sentencesExamples - Donna watched as the huddled figure slummocked away into the bedroom again.
- On day 3, there was a small mutiny by the Commodore, who positively refused to go any further and demanded a morning of slummocking in Guildford.
- I am slummocking today.
- She slummocked through fifteen years of single motherhood.
Synonyms do nothing, be inactive, vegetate, sit back, take it easy, rest on one's oars, mark time, kick one's heels, twiddle one's thumbs, kill time, languish, laze, laze about, laze around, lounge, lounge about, lounge around, loll, loll about, loll around, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, slouch, slouch about, slouch around
Origin Mid 19th century: of unknown origin. |