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Showing words for DAWDLE using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Dawdle

dawdle, waddle

5 Letter Words for Dawdle

addle, daled, dawed, dedal, delaw, dewal, dwale, laded, lawed, waded, waled, weald

4 Letter Words for Dawdle

alew, awdl, awed, dade, dale, dawd, dawe, dead, deal, deaw, deda, edda, lade, lead, leda, lewd, wadd, wade, wald, wale, weal, weld

3 Letter Words for Dawdle

add, ade, ald, ale, alw, awd, awe, awl, dad, dae, dal, daw, dea, ded, del, dew, dle, ead, edd, ela, eld, lad, law, lea, led, lew, wad, wae, wed

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