Associations to the word «Lazy»

Wiktionary

LAZY, adjective. Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
LAZY, adjective. Causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
LAZY, adjective. Sluggish; slow-moving.
LAZY, adjective. Lax:
LAZY, adjective. Droopy.
LAZY, adjective. (optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
LAZY, adjective. (of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
LAZY, adjective. (comptheory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
LAZY, adjective. (UK) (obsolete or dialect) Wicked; vicious.
LAZY, verb. (informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner
LAZY 8, noun. Alternative spelling of lazy eight
LAZY 8S, noun. Plural of lazy 8
LAZY ASS, noun. (vulgar) (slang) A person who is lazy.
LAZY ASS, adjective. (vulgar) (slang) Lazy.
LAZY ASSES, noun. Plural of lazy ass
LAZY BONES, noun. Alternative form of lazybones
LAZY DAISY, noun. (textiles) A kind of chain stitch that can be used to form flower designs.
LAZY EIGHT, noun. (aviation) An aerobatic maneuver consisting of 1/4 looping up, wingover (left or right), 1/2 looping down+up, wingover (right or left), 1/4 looping down.
LAZY EIGHT, noun. The symbol ∞ or anything of the same shape.
LAZY EIGHTS, noun. Plural of lazy eight
LAZY EVALUATION, noun. (computing) Any of a variety of computing techniques that delay the computation of expressions until (and unless) the results are needed.
LAZY EVALUATIONS, noun. Plural of lazy evaluation
LAZY EYE, noun. (informal) (pathology) amblyopia
LAZY EYES, noun. Plural of lazy eye
LAZY INITIALISATION, noun. (programming) A creational design pattern that uses the tactic of delaying an expensive process, like the creation of an object, until the first time it is needed.
LAZY INITIALISATION PATTERN, noun. (software) (design) Synonym of lazy initialisation.
LAZY INITIALISATION PATTERNS, noun. Plural of lazy initialisation pattern
LAZY INITIALISATIONS, noun. Plural of lazy initialisation
LAZY INITIALIZATION, noun. Alternative spelling of lazy initialisation
LAZY INITIALIZATIONS, noun. Plural of lazy initialization
LAZY KATE, noun. (textiles) In spinning, a device used to hold one or more spools or bobbins in place while the yarn on them is manipulated.
LAZY MAN'S LOAD, noun. A heavy and potentially harmful or unmanageable load that should be split into two smaller loads
LAZY RIVER, noun. A water park attraction with a slow current, allowing guests to ride along lying on rafts.
LAZY RIVERS, noun. Plural of lazy river
LAZY SUSAN, noun. A rotating tray (turntable) used on tables and counters for serving condiments or food
LAZY SUSAN, noun. A rotating set of shelves used to minimize inaccessible space, usually employed in corner kitchen cabinets
LAZY SUSAN, noun. Alternative spelling of lazy Susan
LAZY SUSAN, noun. Alternative spelling of lazy Susan
LAZY SUSANS, noun. Plural of lazy Susan
LAZY SUSANS, noun. Alternative spelling of lazy Susans
LAZY SUSANS, noun. Alternative spelling of lazy Susans
LAZY TONGS, noun. A system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, later used in various machinery.

Dictionary definition

LAZY, adjective. Moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace".
LAZY, adjective. Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats