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dawdle

[ dawd-l ]

verb (used without object)

dawdled, dawdling.
  1. to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter:

    Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!

  2. to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter.

verb (used with object)

dawdled, dawdling.
  1. to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually followed by away ):

    He dawdled away the whole morning.

    Synonyms: trifle, idle, putter, fritter

dawdle

/ ˈdɔːdəl /

verb

  1. intr to be slow or lag behind
  2. whentr, often foll by away to waste (time); trifle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdawdlingly, adverb
  • ˈdawdler, noun
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Other Words From

  • dawdler noun
  • dawdling·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dawdle1

First recorded in 1650–60; variant of daddle “to toddle”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dawdle1

C17: of uncertain origen
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Synonym Study

See loiter.

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