lazybones

«lazybones» in Mova's school dictionary: a lazy person, someone who does not want to get up or do… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a lazybones; plural lazybones — same form)

meaning for a pupil

(informal) A lazybones is a lazy person, someone who does not want to get up or do any work; it is usually a playful, joking word. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday family life a parent might call «Get up, lazybones!» on a school morning. In stories it is a friendly tease, not a serious insult. Phrases: «come on, lazybones», «you lazybones».

examples

• «Wake up, lazybones, it's nearly nine!» called Mum. tree →
• The cat is a real lazybones; it sleeps all day. tree →
• Don't be a lazybones; help me carry the shopping. tree →
• Grandad called us lazybones when we stayed in bed. tree →
• Our dog is a lazybones on hot afternoons. tree →
• «Who's the lazybones who left the dishes?» tree →
• Next day the lazybones went to church. tree →

note

Informal and playful. Singular and plural are both «lazybones» («he is a lazybones», «they are lazybones»). One word. Calling someone lazy for real can hurt, so it depends on tone.

In the corpora

• "lǎnchóng" means lazybones, literally "lazy worm", and parents use it fondly on Sunday mornings.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lazybones» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.