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lounge

/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/noun, verb1 syllable

Lounge means: be about a place without any apparent purpose.

Synonyms for lounge17

noun, as in an upholstered seat for more than one person

sofa, couch

noun, as in a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

waiting room, waiting area

verb, as in be about a place without any apparent purpose

loiter, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

also used for lounge

loll

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What does lounge mean?4

verb

1

be about a place without any apparent purpose“The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”

2

sit or recline comfortably“He was lounging on the sofa”

noun

1

an upholstered seat for more than one person

2

a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Lounge in a sentence

  • You can't just lounge around like that while everybody else is so busy.CK
  • He decided to lounge on the sofa all day.Ussis
  • We ate a quick lunch in a coffee lounge.unknown
  • This evening we can meet in the cocktail lounge of the hotel.karloelkebekio
  • The teachers' lounge is in the back corner of the school.Amastan
  • Stefan was sitting in the empty teachers' lounge.Amastan
  • Only club members have access to this lounge.Lumi
  • Sami was watching a movie in the lounge.OsoHombre

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of lounge

as a verb

past tense
lounged
present participle
lounging
third-person singular
lounges
past participle
lounged