dawdle
ˈdɔdəl-
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dawdle
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. -
(v)
dawdle
waste time "Get busy--don't dally!" -
(v)
dawdle
take one's time; proceed slowly
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Dawdle
A dawdler. -
Dawdle
To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning. -
Dawdle
To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. "Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me.", "We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall."
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dawdle
To idle; waste time; trifle; loiter. -
dawdle
To waste by trifling: with away: as, to dawdle away a whole forenoon. -
(n)
dawdle
A trifler; a dawdler.
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(v.i)
Dawdle
daw′dl to waste time by trifling: to act or move slowly
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. Daddle
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Allied to dandle and dandy.
The Chicago-based band Cave performs Saturday at Les Bourgeois Vineyards as part of the True/False Film Fest's third annual Boone Dawdle. columbiatribune.com
Don't Dawdle , Holiday Travel Is Booking Up Early This Year. online.wsj.com
Groovy Boone Dawdle doc is a true cult classic. columbiatribune.com
COLUMBIA — The True/False Film Fest will be holding its third annual Boone Dawdle this Saturday. columbiamissourian.com
As Congress dawdles on trade agreements, the harsh results of the Smoot-Hawley tariff should not be forgotten. online.wsj.com
Don't dawdle, experts advise . sacbee.com
Tragedy and redemption arrive hand in hand in Least Among Saints, a dawdling coming-home drama about two damaged souls and one very unlucky dog. dallasnews.com
As Congress dawdles, vibrant towns give way . oregonlive.com
Groovy Boone Dawdle doc is a true cult classic. columbiatribune.com
People say they honk their horns when drivers dawdle at green lights because they are texting, talking on cellphones or otherwise distracted. mercurynews.com
Secret #1: Preschoolers don't have to dawdle. parenting.com
If so, 'The Art of Procrastination : A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing may be just what you need. ncw.org
Legislature dawdles while public opinion tanks. illinoistimes.com
Rich Miller / Legislature dawdles while public opinion tanks. illinoistimes.com
Oregon's Legislature won't have time to dawdle during the session that starts Feb 1. bakercityherald.com
They did bother some, however, like Albert and Loewer (1990, 1996), who would rather have their minds split `a la Everett than have these tails dawdle around.
The Plight of `I Am'
About this time the female lynx met her fate in an encounter with a fat porcupine who dawdled across her trail. "Followers of the Trail" by
If we succeeded in getting what we had come after there would be plenty of time to dawdle. "The Pirate of Panama" by
Didn't know how the fellow had the face to turn up at all, after dawdling away an extra six months. "The Love Affairs of Pixie" by
He gave up dawdling, and fought it out briskly. "Lines in Pleasant Places" by
The six were dawdling away our time one fine Sunday in Lynhurst Park. "Aladdin & Co." by
He dawdled at Dodsley's, visited with the callers and browsed among the books. "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7" by
One gets tired of dawdling about on a magnified frog-pond. "A Venetian June" by
We shan't have time if you dawdle on here. "Lalage's Lovers" by
To Dick's friends this long summer dawdled itself away much as the previous one had done. "Jewel Weed" by
There was no dawdling over dressing on this occasion. "A Little Miss Nobody" by
By lamp-light on an early morning,
The winter had appeared and gone-
A wasted and unheeded warning.
all of a week. Clothes-basket cradled
creaked on her hip; she'd climb the stairway
up to the drying-attic's airway.
Most soberly pursues,
Poor Ned most pass his mornings
A-dawdling with the Muse:
While Tom frequents his banker,
Young Ned frequents the Jews.