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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loaf•er (lō′fər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who loafs;
lazy person;
idler.
- 1820–30, American; perh. short for *landloafer vagabond; compare German (obsolete) Landläufer, Dutch landloper; see landloper
- Clothing, Trademarksa brand name for a moccasinlike slip-on shoe.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: loafer /ˈləʊfə/ n - a person who avoids work; idler
- a moccasin-like shoe for casual wear
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from German Landläufer vagabond Loaf•er /ˈloʊfɚ/USA pronunciation [Trademark.][countable]- Clothing, Trademarksa slip-on shoe similar to a moccasin.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024loaf1 /loʊf/USA pronunciation n. [countable]pl. loaves (lōvz).- Fooda shaped or molded mass of bread.
- Fooda similar shaped or molded mass of food:a meat loaf.
loaf2 /loʊf/USA pronunciation v. - to pass time idly: [no object]He loafed during the summer.[~ + object]to loaf the afternoon away.
loaf•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loaf1 (lōf ),USA pronunciation n., pl. loaves (lōvz).USA pronunciation - Fooda portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- Fooda shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat:a veal loaf.
- British Terms
- Foodthe rounded head of a cabbage, lettuce, etc.
- Slang (older use). head or brains:Use your loaf.
- bef. 950; Middle English lo(o)f, Old English hlāf loaf, bread; cognate with German Laib, Old Norse hleifr, Gothic hlaifs
- to idle away time:He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.
- to lounge or saunter lazily and idly:We loafed for hours along the water's edge.
v.t. - to pass idly (usually fol. by away):to loaf one's life away.
- back formation from loafer 1825–35, American.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged loll, idle.
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