dawdle
[ dawd-l ]
/ ˈdɔd l /
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verb (used without object), daw·dled, daw·dling.
to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter.
verb (used with object), daw·dled, daw·dling.
to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually followed by away): He dawdled away the whole morning.
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Origin of dawdle
First recorded in 1650–60; variant of daddle “to toddle”
synonym study for dawdle
1, 2. See loiter.
OTHER WORDS FROM dawdle
dawdler, noundaw·dling·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for dawdle
dawdle
/ (ˈdɔːdəl) /
verb
(intr) to be slow or lag behind
(when tr, often foll by away) to waste (time); trifle
Derived forms of dawdle
dawdler, noundawdlingly, adverbWord Origin for dawdle
C17: of uncertain origin
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