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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: , , ,

dawdle

/ ˈ»åɔ˻åÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. intr to be slow or lag behind
  2. whentr, often foll by away to waste (time); trifle
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ»å²¹·É»å±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ»å²¹·É»å±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å²¹·Éd±ô±ð°ù noun
  • »å²¹·Éd±ô¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dawdle1

First recorded in 1650–60; variant of daddle “to toddleâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dawdle1

C17: of uncertain origin
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Synonym Study

See loiter.
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In France's tournament opener, after their heavy brigade had bashed away at a stubborn Wales defence for 12 phases, Dupont picked up the ball and dawdled sideways and backwards off the back of the breakdown.

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She has set a six-minute daily time limit as a reminder not to dawdle on Instagram.

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While these cities dawdle, the region’s residents suffer the effects of the housing shortage: high rents, overcrowding, eviction and homelessness.

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The confidence of the Russian military reflected the Kremlin’s knowledge that Ukraine’s ammunition supplies were dwindling as the U.S. dawdled over approving more military aid.

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Not yet knowing what I was in for, though, I dawdled, thinking the journey too far and impractical, until I finally relented about 20 hours before totality over Idaho.

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