dawdle+away
81walk — 1. verb 1) they walked along the road Syn: stroll, saunter, amble, trudge, plod, dawdle, hike, tramp, tromp, slog, stomp, trek, march, stride, sashay, glide, troop, patrol …
82dally — v 1. sport, play, Sl. mess or fool around; caress, cuddle, coddle, pet, Sl. canoodle; nuzzle, make love, bill and coo, Inf. spoon, Inf. neck, Inf. smooch, Sl. make out. 2. trifle, toy, flirt; potter, putter, smatter, tinker, fiddle, Inf. fool… …
83falter — v 1. hesitate, waver, hover, hang in the balance, vacillate, oscillate; fluctuate, blow hot and cold, alternate, go back and forth between; be undecided, Inf. straddle the fence, dilly dally, shilly shally; hem and haw, delay, waste time, trifle …
84idle — adj 1. inactive, unoccupied, at leisure, doing nothing; unemployed, workless, out of work, not working, jobless, out of a job, Inf. collecting, on the dole, on welfare; vagrant, Inf. on the bum. 2. unfilled, vacuous, vacant, empty, not in use,… …
85linger — v 1. loiter, tarry, stay, wait, remain, Sl. hang around, Sl. stick around; continue, persist, stay on, endure, abide, persevere, hang on. 2. dawdle, delay, lag, procrastinate, put off, dally, shirk, Sl. goof off. 3. loll, idle, Inf. lallygag,… …
86loiter — v 1. linger, tarry, stay, wait, remain, Sl. hang around, Sl. stick around; continue, persist, stay on, endure, abide, persevere, hang on. 2. loll, idle, Inf. lallygag, lounge, poke, dally, dillydally; slouch, loaf, vegetate, waste time, Inf.… …
87lounge — v 1. idle, pass time idly, trifle, potter, fiddle, piddle, Inf. fiddle faddle; dally, dilly dally, Inf. lallygag; daydream, shilly shally, procrastinate. 2. loll, Brit. Dial. lollop, rest, lie on; lie around, recline on, lean on, repose on;… …
88niggle — v 1. trifle, Inf. frivol, Inf. fiddle faddle, fribble, putter, Brit. potter, poke, fritter one s time away, diddle, piddle, dawdle, finick, idle, fool around. 2. criticize, gripe, complain, cavil, carp, Yiddish. kvetch, nag; object, find fault,… …
89peddle — v 1. hawk, vend, sell, Sl. push, retail, market; go door to door, sell on commission; Inf. try to make a buck or dollar; tout one s goods, show one s wares. 2. deal out, pass out, dole out, dispose of, distribute, dispense, disseminate; sprinkle …
90toy — n 1. plaything, doll, Baby Talk. dolly, puppet, marionette, teddy bear; hobbyhorse, rocking horse; top, whirligig, teetotum; ball; jack in the box. 2. trifle, triviality, small matter, nothing, nothing at all, no big thing, no big deal, tinker s… …
