Gandul in english
Slacker
pronunciation: slækɜr part of speech: noun
pronunciation: slækɜr part of speech: noun
In gestures
gandul = dodger ; lazybones ; layabout ; idler ; lounger ; thumb twiddler ; slop(e)y shoulders ; skiver.
Example: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.Example: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Example: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Example: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.Example: So which one of us will be the first one who gets fired because of being a lounger?.Example: Lincoln was not a thumb twiddler like his predecessor in the White House, James Buchanan.Example: I agree with her on that one -- we have several people at work who are called 'slopey shoulders' behind their backs.Example: He's a lifelong skiver who spends his days doing drugs and dossing about with his mates while his girlfriend earns an honest crust.