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Audio Help [dawd-l] Pronunciation Key verb, -dled, -dling.
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Audio Help [dawd-l] Pronunciation Key verb, -dled, -dling. –verb (used without object)
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| 1. | to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages! |
| 2. | to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter. |
| 3. | to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually fol. by away): He dawdled away the whole morning. |
[Origin: 1650–60; var. of daddle to toddle
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dawdler, noun
daw·dling·ly, adverb
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v. daw·dled, daw·dling, daw·dles v. intr.
v. tr. To waste (time) by idling: dawdling the hours away. [Perhaps alteration of dialectal daddle, to diddle.] daw'dler n., daw'dling·ly adv. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| dawdle | |
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| 1. | take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger] [ant: belt along] |
| 2. | waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: dally] |
| 3. | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. [syn: lag] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
dawdle [ˈdoːdl] verb
to waste time especially by moving slowly
Example: Hurry up, and don't dawdle!
Example: Hurry up, and don't dawdle!
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Dawdle
Daw"dle\ (d[add]"d'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawdled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dawdling.] [Cf. Daddle.] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. --Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. --Thackeray.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Dawdle
Daw"dle\, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Dawdle
Daw"dle\, n. A dawdler. --Colman & Carrick.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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