idle : Idioms & Phrases
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bone-idle
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adjective satellite constitutionally lazy or idle
bone-lazy.
WordNet
Idle pulley
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noun a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it
idle wheel; idle pulley.
WordNet
(Mach.) , a pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power.
Webster 1913
idle talk
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noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
prattle; chin music; prate; blether.
WordNet
Idle wheel
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noun a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it
idle wheel; idle pulley.
WordNet
(Mach.) , a gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction of revolution.
Webster 1913
idle words
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noun empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
jazz; nothingness; malarky; malarkey; wind.
- that's a lot of wind
- don't give me any of that jazz
WordNet
idle-headed
I"dle-head`ed adjective
Definitions
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Foolish; stupid. Obs. "The superstitious idle-headed eld." Shak. -
Delirious; infatuated. Obs. L'Estrange.
Webster 1913
idle-pated
I"dle-pat`ed adjective
Definitions
Idle-headed; stupid. Obs.
Webster 1913
idler pulley
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noun a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it
idle wheel; idle pulley.
WordNet
In idle
- in vain. Obs. "God saith, thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in idle."