v. & n.
--v.intr.
1. recline comfortably and casually; loll.
2 stand or move about idly.
--n.
1. a place for lounging, esp.: a a public room (e.g. in a hotel). b a place in an airport etc. with seats for waiting passengers. c a sitting-room in a house.
2 a spell of lounging.
Phrases and idioms:
lounge bar Brit. a more comfortable room for drinking in a public house. lounge lizard colloq. an idler in fashionable society. lounge suit Brit. a man's formal suit for ordinary day wear.
Etymology: perh. f. obs. lungis lout