lounge

 
Pronunciation: /laʊn(d)ʒ/

verb

[no object, with adverbial of place]
  • lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way: several students were lounging about reading papers

noun

  • 1a public room in a hotel, theatre, or club in which to sit and relax: the hotel has a pleasant lounge and bar a TV lounge
  • a seating area in an airport for waiting passengers: the departure lounge
  • British a sitting room in a house.
  • 2 [in singular] British an act or spell of lounging.

Origin:

early 16th century (in the sense 'move indolently'): perhaps symbolic of slow movement. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 19th century