Did lounge, lacking guts to work? (5)
I believe the answer is:
idled
'did lounge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for idled that I've seen before include "relaxed" , "Wasted time" , "Was lazy" , "Lazed around" , "Loitered" .)