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Showing words for DAWDLING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Dawdling

dawdling, waddling

7 Letter Words for Dawdling

addling, dawding, gladwin, wadding

6 Letter Words for Dawdling

adding, angild, dading, dawing, lading, lawing, ligand, wading, waling

5 Letter Words for Dawdling

addnl, algid, algin, align, awing, danli, didal, didna, diwan, dwang, gaddi, gadid, gland, ignaw, inlaw, ladin, langi, lawin, liang, ligan, linda, linga, liwan, nidal, wigan, wilga

4 Letter Words for Dawdling

addn, agin, agni, alin, anil, awdl, awin, dail, dain, dali, dand, dang, dawd, dawn, diag, dial, dian, didn, ding, gadi, gaid, gail, gain, gali, gawd, gawn, gila, gild, glad, glia, glid, gnaw, igad, inga, laid, lain, land, lang, lawn, lina, lind, ling, lndg, nagi, naid, naig, nail, ngai, wadd, wadi, waid, wail, wain, wald, wali, wand, wang, wild, wind, wing

3 Letter Words for Dawdling

add, aid, ail, ain, ald, alg, aln, alw, and, awd, awl, awn, dad, dag, dal, dan, daw, dia, did, dig, dil, din, dna, gad, gal, gan, gaw, gid, gin, gld, ida, ign, ind, ing, iwa, lad, lag, lai, lan, law, ldg, lid, lig, lin, nad, nag, naw, nid, nig, nil, wad, wag, wan, wid, wig, win

Definitions for Dawdling

[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 Dawdling

dawdleprocrastinate, mosey, saunter, laze, loiter, trifle, loaf, tarry, amble, lag, dilly-dally, idle, stay, lounge, drag, poke, dally, toddle, loll, stroll

Words nearby Dawdling

dawdledavy lamp, davys, daw, dawah, dawbake, dawdle, dawes, dawes act of 1887, dawes plan, dawk, dawkins

Origin of Dawdling

eFirst recorded in 1650–60; variant of daddle to toddle

Other words from Dawdling

daw·dler , noun
daw·dling·ly , adverb

Word origin for Dawdling

eC17: of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Dawdling

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