paligoy-ligoy : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

Word - rootword - affixes
paligoy-ligoy - ligoy - x2-~pa-~
pa.li.guy.li.guy. - 5 syllables

x2- = ligoy-ligoy
pa- = paligoy-ligoy
paligoy-ligoy

paligoy-ligoy :	beat around the bush (v.); prevaricate (v.)
ligoy [li.guy.] :	prodigal (adj.); truant (adj.); slacker (n.)

Derivatives of ligoy

Glosses:

beat around the bush
v. (communication)	1. beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
	~ misinform, mislead	give false or misleading information to.
prevaricate
truant
n. (person)	1. hooky player, truant	one who is absent from school without permission.
	~ absentee	one that is absent or not in residence.
n. (person)	2. no-show, nonattender, truant	someone who shirks duty.
	~ offender, wrongdoer	a person who transgresses moral or civil law.
adj.	3. awol, truant	absent without permission.; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
	~ absent	not being in a specified place.
slacker
n. (person)	1. shirker, slacker	a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime).
	~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine	the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	~ goldbrick	a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort.
	~ do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum	person who does no work.; "a lazy bum"
	~ malingerer, shammer, skulker	someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity.
	~ scrimshanker	a shirker.