dawdle
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daw·dle
(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.
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dawdle
(ˈdɔːdəl)vb
1. (intr) to be slow or lag behind
2. (when: tr, often foll by away) to waste (time); trifle
[C17: of uncertain origin]
ˈdawdler n
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daw•dle
(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.
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dawdle
Past participle: dawdled
Gerund: dawdling
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| Verb | 1. | dawdle - take one's time; proceed slowly move - 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!" | |
| 3. | dawdle - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. follow - 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" |
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dawdle
verb
1. 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 haste
waste time fly, rush, hurry, hasten, scoot, lose no time, get a move on (informal), step on it (informal), make haste
2. linger, idle, dally, take your time, procrastinate, drag your feet or heels I dawdled over a beer.
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dawdle
verb1. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:
2. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work.Also used with away:
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Translations
يَتَلَكَّأ، يَتَسَكَّع، يَتَباطَأ
lelkovatloudat se
daskesmøle
slóra, hangsa
gaišlysgaišuotilaiko gaišinimas
slaistīties
dawdle
[ˈdɔːdl]A. VI (in walking) → andar muy despacio; (over food, work) → entretenerse, demorarse
B. VT to dawdle away → malgastar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dawdle
[ˈdɔːdəl] vi → traîner, lambinerto dawdle over sth
I dawdled over a beer → J'ai bu ma bière en traînassant.
to dawdle over one's work → traînasser sur son travail, lambiner sur son travail
to dawdle over doing sth → traîner pour faire qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dawdle
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dawdle
[ˈdɔːdl] vi (in walking) → ciondolare, bighellonareto dawdle over one's work → gingillarsi con il lavoro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dawdle
(ˈdoːdl) verb to waste time especially by moving slowly. Hurry up, and don't dawdle!
ˈdawdler nounˈdawdling noun
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