Definition of Idling

1. Noun. Having no employment.

Exact synonyms: Idleness, Loafing
Generic synonyms: Inactivity
Specialized synonyms: Dolce Far Niente
Derivative terms: Idle, Idle, Idle

Definition of Idling

1. Verb. (present participle of idle) ¹

2. Noun. An idle period; something done idly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Idling

1. idle [v] - See also: idle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Idling

idlehead
idlehood
idlehoods
idleness
idlenesses
idler
idler pulley
idlers
idles
idlesse
idlesses
idlest
idleth
idli
idlike
idling (current term)
idlingly
idlings
idlis
idly
idocrase
idocrases
idofuranose
idofuranoses
idol
idol worship
idol worshiper
idola
idolastre
idolastres

Literary usage of Idling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1921)
"The only adjustment which might be useful is the idling adjustment. When the butterfly throttle valve T is nearly closed and the motor is turned off, ..."

2. Motor Vehicles and Their Engines: A Practical Handbook on the Care, Repair by Edward Smith Fraser, Ralph B. Jones (1919)
"GO—idling Jet H jet "L." Air is drawn through the hole "K" and mixes with the gasoline to form a finely divided mist which passes on to the jet "L." This ..."

3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"Care should be taken to have the butterfly held firmly against this stop screw at all times while idling motor.. If the single motor seems to run ..."

4. Annals of Medical History by Francis Randolph Packard (1921)
"BOOK REVIEWS idling IN ITALY. Studies of Literature and of Life. ... Perhaps the study of Italian literature represents idling to a neurologist—the ..."

5. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... which we complied with; though we could hardly persuade ourselves to be so long idling; and we rowed up to Joseph-Town this Forenoon, timely enough to ..."

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