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Definitions for Dawdle
[1] to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
[2] to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter.
[3] to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually followed by away ): He dawdled away the whole morning.
[4] (intr) to be slow or lag behind
[5] (when tr, often foll by away ) to waste (time); trifle
Words related to Dawdle
procrastinate, mosey, saunter, laze, loiter, trifle, loaf, tarry, amble, lag, dilly-dally, idle, stay, lounge, drag, poke, dally, toddle, loll, stroll
Words nearby Dawdle
davy lamp, davys, daw, dawah, dawbake, dawdle, dawes, dawes act of 1887, dawes plan, dawk, dawkins
Origin of Dawdle
First recorded in 1650–60; variant of daddle to toddle
Other words from Dawdle
daw·dler , noun
daw·dling·ly , adverb
Word origin for Dawdle
C17: of uncertain origin
Synonyms for Dawdle
laze, loiter, mosey, procrastinate, saunter, amble, dally, dilly-dally, drag, idle, lag, loaf, loll, lounge, poke, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, bum around, diddle-daddle, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out, lazy, put off, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, warm a chair