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dawdle

dawdle


daw·dle  (d?dl)
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.


dawdle  /ddl/  v. [I] -dled, -dling, -dles to delay, waste time: I dawdled over a cup of coffee instead of working. -n. dawdler. dawdle

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