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   daw·dle

   /ˈdôd(ə)l/

   verb

   • 1. waste time; be slow: "I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer" Similar lingerdallytake one's timedrag one's feetbe slowwaste timekill timefritter time awayidledelayprocrastinatestallhang firemark timeputter aroundinformal:dilly-dallylet the grass grow under one's feetarchaic, literary:tarryOpposite hurry
   • ▪ move slowly and idly: "Ruth dawdled back through the woods" Similar amblestrollgo/walk slowlyloiter (along)move at a snail's pacenot keep paceputterhold backlag behindfall behindtrail behindinformal:moseytootlepootlebimblemoochswanOpposite speed

   Word Origin mid 17th century: related to dialect daddle, doddle ‘dally’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dawdler noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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