dawdling

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.

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[Perhaps alteration of dialectal daddle, to diddle.]

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daw′dler n.daw′dling·ly adv.

dawdling

(ˈdɔːdəlɪŋ) adjproceeding at a slow pacenan act of going very slowly and wasting time ˈdawdlingly adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dawdling - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of workingdalliance, triflingdelay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

Translations

懒散闲逛

dawdle

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