dawdle
Use Dawdle in a sentence
l verb (used without object)
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)
3.
to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually followed by away ): He dawdled away the whole morning.
Origin:
1650–60; variant of daddle to toddle
1650–60; variant of daddle to toddle
Related forms
daw·dler, noun
daw·dling·ly, adverb
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dawdle (ˈdɔːdəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (when tr, | |
| 1. | (intr) to be slow or lag behind |
| 2. | to waste (time); trifle |
| [C17: of uncertain origin] | |
| 'dawdler | |
| —n | |
| 'dawdlingly | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
dawdle
c.1656, perhaps a variant of daddle "to walk unsteadily." Perhaps influenced by daw, since the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until c.1775.
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Example sentences
It doesn't dawdle with romantic nonsense, except in one brief unfortunate stretch.
Don't dawdle if any of these outfits look appealing.
One cannot dawdle if one wishes to hook one of these gleaming acrobatic fish.
Whether you accepted or rejected him, however, you didn't dawdle.
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