Verb (used without object) : to idle along the avenue.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to idle away the afternoon. ,The strike idled many workers. ,I waited in the car while idling the engine.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a cold engine that stalls at idle.    From Dictionary.com. 

“The genius of idling is not its avoidance of work but rather its construction of a value system entirely independent of work.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cover to Cover] Reference

These neurons, called idling neurons, are still alive, but have been damaged to the extent that their function is compromised.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to These old eyes] Reference

This page also shows how many people are 'idling' at this page -- 100 when I looked at it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference

Pilgrim's officials said the company is "idling" operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [thenewsstar.com - Local News] Reference

Seeking to provide an answer to this question will help in rooting out 'idling' activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

The target date for the "idling" is Oct. 31, and the company has no projected reactivation date.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News-Record] Reference

"They have exactly the same kind of idling taking place in Illinois and Michigan and Minnesota.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference

American Ironhorse Motorcycles is idling, meaning not building bikes, just doing administrative work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cyril Huze Blog] Reference

Interestingly enough, there IS an "idling" loophole for some commercial special-interests included in the bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

"We have worked hard to avoid the kind of idling of the plant that was happening around the country" Hicks said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Albert Lea Tribune] Reference

This data accumulates into a final report to highlight the current cost of any system inefficiencies such as idling times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference

  "Let's do 'er," he shouts over the idling motor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Ways of the Saw] Reference

In other words, he's still idling in the driveway. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sign of the Red Truck] Reference

She is idling on a swing over a patch of scuffed earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let x] Reference

The light opening our mouths, jump starting idling hearts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flash (edited)] Reference

Hundreds of rescue workers waited in a row of idling ambulances.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Week After] Reference

Now it's going one step further by eliminating idling luminance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flat-panel TVs take center stage] Reference

Later that day, I spotted a Pepco truck idling on a nearby street.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Without power' of communication at Pepco] Reference

They're either idling in neutral or shoving the gas pedal to the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Team Clinton's Uneven Bets] Reference

Here is an entry from 1910 I read while idling in a parking lot downtown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes from Matrimony, # 9] Reference

  He rolls down the window and he gives me a ten with the engine idling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moe Tucker] Reference

Further, it can be programmed to alert if a vehicle is idling excessively.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ford trucks redefine mobile office] Reference

  He has his eye on a red Dodge Charger that is idling near the bleachers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orthodox Jews Turn to Demolition Derby in Bid for New Recruits] Reference

Engines can burn lots of fuel idling and revving up to move forward in line.    From Wordnik.com.  [At JFK, More Flying, Less Waiting on the Tarmac] Reference

Still, Mr. Mashinsky said, livery cars spend about half of their time idling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coming Soon to City, Wi-Fi on the Go] Reference

In men's idling brains, the action was in the temporal-limbic system (diagram).    From Wordnik.com.  [Gray Matters] Reference

Every afternoon, 40 or so jets would inch forward, often idling an hour or more for takeoff.    From Wordnik.com.  [At JFK, More Flying, Less Waiting on the Tarmac] Reference

I was idling in the darkest part of the night, where the one face I recognized I did not trust.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Animals] Reference

 In such a situation, there is a remote possibility that abnormal engine noise or idling may occur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toyota may recall 270,000 Lexus GS, IS, LS cars due to engine problems] Reference

She rolled down the window of the idling car, unaware that she had pulled over to the side of the road.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Flame Child] Reference

Prius gets such great gas mileage because it uses battery power when idling and during low-speed driving.    From Wordnik.com.  [Road Test: Toyota Prius] Reference

You are, after all, doing what a writer does: looking, thinking, playing with characters or ideas, and idling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travel solo, never alone] Reference

The brakes immediately cut engine power, letting the car stop almost as easily as if the engine had been idling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Video: Consumer Reports demonstrates how "brake override" stops runaway cars] Reference

It also can be programmed to alert the user to such things as unauthorized use of a vehicle or excessive idling.    From Wordnik.com.  [CES 2009: Ford brings the office into the cab] Reference

When I reached the sidewalk in front of the hotel, I noticed several police cars idling in the street with their flashers on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dream] Reference

According to the CPSC, a single portable generator can release about as much carbon monoxide as the exhaust of 100 idling cars.    From Wordnik.com.  [A gentle reminder on generators] Reference

Soon anxiety gave way to drinking gradually warming beer, to idling in stand-still traffic and enduring steadily rising temperatures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fade to Black] Reference

As he grabbed the door handle he looked across the lot and saw his father's car idling, the exhaust filling the airwith compact clouds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gift of the 12th Congressional District of Michigan] Reference