idling

About 0.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of idle
2. noun An idle period; something done idly.
3. noun The state of running at idle.

   NO IDLING [sign posted where excess truck exhaust is unwelcome]

Similar words

loafing slow slowing replay idlehood idledom idlehead killing time vacuity do-nothingness

Often followed by

in and away about at speed on of or