idle
/aɪdəl/
adjectivenounverb
4 letters2 syllables5 points in Scrabble®6 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS10
ADJECTIVE
1
Not having a job.
“idle carpenters”
2
Not in active use.
“the machinery sat idle during the strike”
“idle hands”
3
Without a basis in reason or fact.
“idle fears”
4
Silly or trivial.
“idle pleasure”
“light idle chatter”
5
Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility.
“idle talk”
6
Not yielding a return.
“idle funds”
7
NOUNNot in action or at work.
“an idle laborer”
“idle drifters”
1
VERBThe state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling.
“the car engine was running at idle”
1
Be idle; exist in a changeless situation.
2
Run disconnected or idle.
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®5 points
Words With Friends®6 points
Double word10 points
Triple word15 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinidleway
Starts & ends withI … E
Syllablesi · dle
SYNONYMS & RELATED38
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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