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lounge | loungy |

As a noun lounge

is lounge (waiting room).

As an adjective loungy is

(informal) characteristic of a lounge; informally comfortable.

lounge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
  • A domestic living room.
  • * 1954 , Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur , chapter 18:
    • The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
  • An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
  • A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair .
  • The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
  • * 1849 , The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)
    • That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.

    Synonyms

    * (living room) loungeroom (Australia ) * (pub) See also

    Verb

    (loung)
  • To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
  • * J. Hannay
    • We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

    Derived terms

    * chaise lounge * cocktail lounge * liquor lounge * lounge bag * lounge chair * lounge lizard * lounge music * lounge room

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    loungy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) characteristic of a lounge; informally comfortable
  • * 2005 , Jennifer Eveland, Frommer's Singapore & Malaysia
    • The huge space is like an auditorium, with multilevel loungy seating areas looking down onto one of Singapore's best soundstages and dance floors.
  • * 2007 , Sarah Johnstone, Europe on a shoestring?
    • Loungy , worn furniture, retro art and chilled music make this a popular hangout with students and a young crowd.