Lounge Meaning
/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
verbTo walk or go in a leisurely manner.
Sentence Examples
You can't just lounge around like that while everybody else is so busy.
Let's drop in at that coffee lounge.
We ate a quick lunch in a coffee lounge.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Passengers waited comfortably in the large airport ____ for their delayed flight.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We relaxed in the airport ____ while waiting for our flight, enjoying the comfortable seats and snacks.
Word Origin & History
Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics."
— 1854, J. Hannay, Singleton Fontenoy, R.N:
"Everybody knows they have times when they wanna just lay back / Kick their feet up, y'know / Listen to some good music and just lounge / That's right, I said lounge"
— 1993, “Loungin'”, in Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1, performed by Guru ft. Donald Byrd:
"On Professor Solanka’s street, well-heeled white youths lounged in baggy garments on roseate stoops, stylishly simulating indigence while they waited for the billionairedom that would surely be along sometime soon."
— 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:
"When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears."
— 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 287:
"As she lounged past Leila's car she cast an insolent glance at the Irish girl."
— 2023 August 24, Pauline Lester, Marjorie Dean College Sophomore, BoD - Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 47:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Passengers waited comfortably in the large airport ____ for their delayed flight.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We relaxed in the airport ____ while waiting for our flight, enjoying the comfortable seats and snacks.