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   dawdle

   /ˈdɔːdl/

   verb

   • 1. waste time; be slow: "she mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call now" Similar lingerdallytake one's timedrag one's feetbe slowwaste timekill timefritter time awayidledelayprocrastinatestallhang firemark timepotter about/around/roundinformal:dilly-dallylet the grass grow under one's feetarchaic, literary:tarryOpposite hurry
   • ▪ move slowly and idly in a particular direction: "Ruth dawdled back through the wood" Similar amblestrollgo/walk slowlyloiter (along)move at a snail's pacenot keep pacepotterhold backlag behindfall behindtrail behindinformal:moseytootlepootlebimblemoochswanOpposite speed

   Word Origin mid 17th century: related to dialect daddle, doddle ‘dally’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dawdler noun

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   What does dawdle mean?

   • dawdle (third-person singular simple present dawdles, present participle dawdling, simple past and past participle dawdled) To move or walk lackadaisically . If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won’t get as much exercise. dawdle (plural dawdles) An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.

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   What does dawdling mean?

   • 1. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working Familiarity information: DAWDLING used as a noun is very rare. The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working Hypernyms ("dawdling" is a kind of...): delay; holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)

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   What is a synonym for dawdle?

   • This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together. Synonyms for DAWDLE: loiter, linger, dally, delay, loaf, idle, lag, poke, lounge, procrastinate, tarry, dilly-dally, drag, diddle, dillydally; Antonyms for DAWDLE: rush, hurry, rush, push, forward, speed, hasten.

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