/ laʊndʒ; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
a room for waiting in at an airport, etc. :
the departure lounge
2.
a public room in a hotel, club, etc. for waiting or relaxing in :
the television lounge
3.
( BrE ) a room in a private house for sitting and relaxing in
SYN living room , sitting room
—see also sun lounge
4.
( BrE ) = lounge bar
■ verb
[ v , usually + adv. / prep. ] to stand, sit or lie in a lazy way
SYN laze around :
Several students were lounging around, reading newspapers.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent. (in the sense move lazily ): perhaps symbolic of slow movement. Senses 1 to 3 of the noun date from the late 19th cent.