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audio i·dle (dl)

adj. i·dler, i·dlest
  1. (inactive) ocioso
  2. (unemployed) parado, desempleado
  3. (machinery) parado
  4. (lazy) vago, haragán
  5. (rumor, threat) vano

expresiones idiomáticas:
idle gossip
cuentos de viejas
idle talk
palabras vacías
intr. i·dled, i·dling
  1. (to loaf) haraganear
  2. (to move lazily) vagar
  3. (machinery) funcionar en vacío
tr.
  1. (a worker) dejar parado o desempleado
  2. (a motor) hacer funcionar en vacío
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