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dawdling

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daw·dle  (dôdl)
v. daw·dled, daw·dling, daw·dles
v.intr.
1. To take more time than necessary: dawdled through breakfast.
2. To move aimlessly or lackadaisically: dawdling on the way to work.
v.tr.
To waste (time) by idling: dawdling the hours away.
[Perhaps alteration of dialectal daddle, to diddle.]
dawdler n.
dawdling·ly adv.
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Noun1.dawdlingdawdling - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
dalliance, trifling
delay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time


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Philip saw several fellows with a desultory, timid look dawdling around, and surmised that, like himself, they were there for the first time.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Besides, it isn't safe for us to be dawdling about here.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
The Musgroves could hardly be more ready to invite than he to come, particularly in the morning, when he had no companion at home, for the Admiral and Mrs Croft were generally out of doors together, interesting themselves in their new possessions, their grass, and their sheep, and dawdling about in a way not endurable to a third person, or driving out in a gig, lately added to their establishment.
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