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   • enrolar, fazer cera, perder tempo… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DAWDLE definition: 1. to do something or go somewhere very slowly, taking more time than is necessary: 2. to do…. Learn more.

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   Where does the verb dawdle come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb dawdle is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for dawdle is from 1658, in J. Ussher's Annals of World. dawdle is probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

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   How is the word dawdle different from other verbs?

   • How is the word dawdle different from other verbs like it? Some common synonyms of dawdle are dally, delay, lag, loiter, and procrastinate. While all these words mean "to move or act slowly so as to fall behind," loiter and dawdle imply delay while in progress, especially in walking, but dawdle more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time.

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   What does dawdling mean?

   • 1. To take more time than necessary: dawdled through breakfast. 2. To move aimlessly or lackadaisically: dawdling on the way to work. To waste (time) by idling: dawdling the hours away. [Perhaps alteration of dialectal daddle, to diddle.] daw′dler n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   What is a synonym for the word 'dawdle'?

   • Synonyms for dawdle include: loiter, linger, dally, delay, loaf, idle, lag, poke, lounge, procrastinate, tarry, dilly-dally, drag, diddle. Antonyms for dawdle are: rush, hurry, rush, push, forward, speed, hasten.

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   When was dawdle first used?

   • The earliest known use of the verb dawdle is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for dawdle is from 1658, in J. Ussher's Annals of World. dawdle is probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: daddle v.1 dawing, n.

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   • Dawdle: Thai Translation

     DAWDLE translate: ชักช้าร่ำไร. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Dawdle: Italian Translation

     DAWDLE translate: attardarsi, indugiare, gingillarsi. Learn...

   • Dawdle: Russian Translation

     DAWDLE translate: плестись, волынить. Learn more in the...

   • Dawdle: Polish Translation

     dawdle translate: ociągać się. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Dawdle: German Translation

     dawdle translate: trödeln. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Dawdle: Catalan Translation

     DAWDLE translate: caminar amb calma, entretenir-se. Learn...

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   The meaning of DAWDLE is to spend time idly. How to use dawdle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dawdle.

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   2 meanings: 1. to be slow or lag behind 2. to waste (time); trifle.... Click for more definitions.

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   Dawdle definition: to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter. See examples of DAWDLE used in a sentence.