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# lazybones

noun (a lazybones; plural lazybones — same form)

«lazybones» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/#x1)
- The cat is a real lazybones; it sleeps all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/#x2)
- Don't be a lazybones; help me carry the shopping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/#x3)
- Grandad called us lazybones when we stayed in bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/#x4)
- Our dog is a lazybones on hot afternoons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/#x5)
- «Who's the lazybones who left the dishes?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/#x6)
- Next day the lazybones went to church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lazybones» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazybones/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lazybones» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lazybones.html) on Mova free.