Loaf and Play

Loaf

Loaf verb - To spend time doing nothing.

Usage example: the kind of sultry August afternoon that makes you just want to loaf

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Play and loaf are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a verb "Loaf".

Nearby Words: loafer, loafed

Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.

Usage example: told her son that he needed some time to run and play in the yard after his hard work

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Loaf and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Loaf" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

time	loaf time	play time
music	loaf music	play music

The Meat Loaf song "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" from Bat out of Hell has the somewhat, umm... suggestive baseball play-by-play radio broadcast, courtesy of broadcasting legend Phil Rizzuto.

Source: Spoken Word in Music
In the series itself, he almost never bothers to do anything besides loaf around, eat, and play shogi, leaving his son to handle any problem that pops up.

Source: Lazy Bum aka: Sloth
Mushroom Samba: One of the Bard's quests requires to get high (by eating an old moldy loaf of bread) in prder to get inspiration to write a theater play.

Source: Videogame / The Sims Medieval

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