Dawdle
11dawdle — v. (D; intr.) ( to waste time ) to dawdle over * * * [ dɔːdl] (D; intr.) ( to waste time ) to dawdle over …
12dawdle — daw|dle [ˈdo:dl US ˈdo: ] v to take a long time to do something or walk somewhere ▪ Don t dawdle we re late already! dawdle over ▪ I dawdled over a second cup of coffee. >dawdler[i] n …
13dawdle — UK [ˈdɔːd(ə)l] / US [ˈdɔd(ə)l] verb [intransitive] Word forms dawdle : present tense I/you/we/they dawdle he/she/it dawdles present participle dawdling past tense dawdled past participle dawdled to go somewhere, or to do something, so slowly that …
14dawdle — /ˈdɔdəl / (say dawduhl) verb (i) (dawdled, dawdling) 1. to waste time; idle; trifle. 2. to walk slowly or lag behind others. –phrase 3. dawdle away, to waste (time) by trifling: to dawdle away the hours. {? variant of daddle toddle} –dawdler,… …
15dawdle — verb (I) to take a long time to do something or go somewhere: Don t dawdle we re late already! (+ over): I dawdled over a second cup of coffee. dawdler noun (C) …
16dawdle — verb (dawdled; dawdling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1656 intransitive verb 1. to spend time idly 2. to move lackadaisically transitive verb to spend fruitlessly or lackadaisically < dawdled the day away > …
17dawdle — dawdler, n. dawdlingly, adv. /dawd l/, v., dawdled, dawdling. v.i. 1. to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages! 2. to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter. v.t. 3. to waste (time) by or as if by …
18dawdle — verb a) To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time. b) To spend time without haste or purpose …
19dawdle — Synonyms and related words: abide, await, bide, bide the issue, clock watcher, continue, dallier, dally, dawdler, delay, diddle, diddler, dillydallier, dillydally, do nothing, dolittle, doodle, doodler, drag, drag out, draw out, drone, dwell on,… …
20dawdle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. idle, loiter, loaf, waste or kill time, goldbrick (inf.), goof off (sl.). See inactivity, slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. loaf, idle, lounge; see loiter . See Synonym Study at loiter . III (Roget …
