dawdle

Speech parts

1. dawdle - Noun

2. dawdle - Verb

Meaning

To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.

A dawdler.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

linger potter dally tarry putter amble delay drag drift idle lag stall lounge meander loiter
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Antonyms

hare beaver hie bowl chase bolt
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Hypernyms

move act follow behave do

Hyponyms

drag trail drop behind get behind hang back drop back

Derivatives

dawdled dawdling

Anagrams

waddle Dewald

Examples

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it. Mignon McLaughlin

Another discovery was that the size and importance of an action is no yardstick of its personal unpleasantness. A big operation which commands headlines may be a dawdle for some of those involved, while the little forgotten patrol is a real horror. George MacDonald Fraser

Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. Wallace Stevens

Get busy--don't dally! Source: Internet

Bundle up for a chilly morning with your dog on Sunday and make a dash to Balloon Fiesta Park for the 30th Annual Doggie Dash & Dawdle. Source: Internet

Whether you have a dog or not, the Doggie Dash and Dawdle is an opportunity to help fund Animal Humane’s Circle of Care to help more than 5,000 pets annually. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dawber dawbing dawcock dawdler dawdlesome dawdling