dawdle

daw·dle

D0043200 (dôd′l)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.]

daw′dler n.daw′dling·ly adv.

dawdle

(ˈdɔːdəl) vb1. (intr) to be slow or lag behind2. (when: tr, often foll by away) to waste (time); trifle[C17: of uncertain origin] ˈdawdler n

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(ˈdɔd l)

v. -dled, -dling. v.i. 1. to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter. 2. to saunter. v.t. 3. to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usu. fol. by away): We dawdled away the whole morning. [1650–60; variant of daddle to toddle] daw′dler, n. syn: See loiter.

dawdle

Past participle: dawdled
Gerund: dawdling

Imperative
dawdle
dawdle

Present
I dawdle
you dawdle
he/she/it dawdles
we dawdle
you dawdle
they dawdle

Preterite
I dawdled
you dawdled
he/she/it dawdled
we dawdled
you dawdled
they dawdled

Present Continuous
I am dawdling
you are dawdling
he/she/it is dawdling
we are dawdling
you are dawdling
they are dawdling

Present Perfect
I have dawdled
you have dawdled
he/she/it has dawdled
we have dawdled
you have dawdled
they have dawdled

Past Continuous
I was dawdling
you were dawdling
he/she/it was dawdling
we were dawdling
you were dawdling
they were dawdling

Past Perfect
I had dawdled
you had dawdled
he/she/it had dawdled
we had dawdled
you had dawdled
they had dawdled

Future
I will dawdle
you will dawdle
he/she/it will dawdle
we will dawdle
you will dawdle
they will dawdle

Future Perfect
I will have dawdled
you will have dawdled
he/she/it will have dawdled
we will have dawdled
you will have dawdled
they will have dawdled

Future Continuous
I will be dawdling
you will be dawdling
he/she/it will be dawdling
we will be dawdling
you will be dawdling
they will be dawdling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dawdling
you have been dawdling
he/she/it has been dawdling
we have been dawdling
you have been dawdling
they have been dawdling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dawdling
you will have been dawdling
he/she/it will have been dawdling
we will have been dawdling
you will have been dawdling
they will have been dawdling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dawdling
you had been dawdling
he/she/it had been dawdling
we had been dawdling
you had been dawdling
they had been dawdling

Conditional
I would dawdle
you would dawdle
he/she/it would dawdle
we would dawdle
you would dawdle
they would dawdle

Past Conditional
I would have dawdled
you would have dawdled
he/she/it would have dawdled
we would have dawdled
you would have dawdled
they would have dawdled

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dawdle - take one's time; proceed slowlylingermove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	2.	dawdle - waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"dallybehave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
	3.	dawdle - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.lag, fall back, fall behindfollow - to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail, drop back, drag - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

dawdle

verb1. waste time, potter, trail, lag, idle, loaf, hang about, dally, loiter, dilly-dally (informal), drag your feet or heels They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
waste time fly, rush, hurry, hasten, scoot, lose no time, get a move on (informal), step on it (informal), make haste2. linger, idle, dally, take your time, procrastinate, drag your feet or heels I dawdled over a beer.

dawdle

verb1. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:dally, delay, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail.Idioms: drag one's feet, mark time, take one's time.2. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work.Also used with away:fiddle away, idle (away), kill, trifle away, waste, while (away), wile (away).

Translations

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dawdle

(ˈdoːdl) verb to waste time especially by moving slowly. Hurry up, and don't dawdle!闲荡ˈdawdler noun 懒汉，游手好闲的人 ˈdawdling noun 闲逛，懒散

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dawdle about

To waste time. If you want to get your allowance, quit dawdling about and do your chores!See also: dawdle

dawdle along

To walk in a slow and unconcerned manner. We'll never get there on time if you boys keep dawdling along. Hurry up!See also: dawdle

dawdle away

To waste time (often a specific amount of time that is stated after "away"). I had to stay up late finishing my book report because I dawdled away my whole afternoon.See also: away, dawdle

dawdle over

To waste time rather than work diligently on something. If you keep dawdling over this book report, you'll be up all night!See also: dawdle, over

dawdle about

to waste time in a place; to waste time talking idly. Don't dawdle about. Get moving. Tim has been dawdling about all morning.See also: dawdle

dawdle along

to move along slowly and casually. The boys dawdled along on their way to school. We were just dawdling along, talking about life. We didn't know we were late.See also: dawdle

dawdle over something

to waste time when one should be doing a particular task; to loaf while doing something. Don't dawdle over your hamburger. The lunch period ends in two minutes. Don't dawdle over it. Get it done.See also: dawdle, over

dawdle something away

to waste a particular amount of time; to let a period of time slip away, wasted. You didn't finish your work because you dawdled most of your time away. You dawdle away too much time daydreaming.See also: away, dawdle

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verb waste time

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verb linger

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verb to go or move slowly so that progress is hindered

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verb to pass (time) without working or in avoiding work

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verb take one's time

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verb waste time

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verb hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc

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