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Dawdle

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.

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

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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