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Dawdle

Dawdle Meaning & Definition
Dawdle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dawdle?

[v] hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
[v] waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
[v] take one's time; proceed slowly

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dawdle: dally | fall back | fall behind | lag | linger

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dawdle: abide | await | bide | bide the issue | clock watcher | continue | dallier | dally | dawdler | delay | diddle | diddler | dillydallier | dillydally | dolittle | do-nothing | doodle | doodler | drag | drag out | draw out | drone | dwell on | extend | faineant | fall behind | falter | flag | foot-dragger | gentleman of leisure | get behind | goldbrick | goldbricker | goof off | goof-off | halt | hang about | hang around | hang back | hold everything | hold on | hold your horses | idle | idler | lag | laggard | laze | lengthen | lengthen out | lie-abed | linger | linger behind | linger on | lingerer | loafer | loiter | loiterer | loller | lollygag | lotus-eater | lounge | lounger | lubber | mark time | mope | moper | piddle | plodder | poke | potterer | procrastinate | procrastinator | prolong | protract | putterer | shilly-shally | sit tight | sit up | sleepyhead | slouch | sloucher | slow goer | slowbelly | slow-foot | slowpoke | slug | sluggard | snail | spin out | stay | stay up | stick around | stick-in-the-mud | straggle | stretch out | take time | tarry | temporize | time killer | time waster | tortoise | trail | trail behind | trifler | wait | wait a minute | wait and see | waiter on Providence | waste time

See Also | act | behave | do | drag | drop behind | dwell on | follow | get behind | hang back | linger over | move | trail

Dawdle In Webster's Dictionary

\Daw"dle\ (d[add]"d'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawdled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dawdling}.] [Cf. {Daddle}.] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. --Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. --Thackeray.
\Daw"dle\, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
\Daw"dle\, n. A dawdler. --Colman & Carrick.

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