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1. (v.i.) dawdle
to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter.
2. dawdle
to saunter.
3. (v.t.) dawdle
to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usu. fol. by away):
We dawdled away the whole morning.
Etymology: (1650–60; var. of daddle to toddle)
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| Definition of 'dawdle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) linger, dawdle
take one's time; proceed slowly
2. (verb) dally, dawdle
waste time
"Get busy--don't dally!"
3. (verb) lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
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| Definition of 'dawdle' |
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1. (noun) dawdle
a dawdler
2. (verb) dawdle
to waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter
3. (verb) dawdle
to waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning
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Sense: to waste time especially by moving slowly
Hurry up, and don't dawdle!
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 Afrikaans: draai, talm, drentel |
 Arabic: يَتَلَكَّأ، يَتَسَكَّع، ي |
 Bulgarian: туткам се |
 Brazilian: enrolar |
 Czech: lelkovat, loudat se |
 German: trödeln |
 Danish: smøle; daske |
 Greek: χασομερώ |
 Spanish: demorar, moverse muy desp |
 Estonian: venitama |
 Farsi: فس فس کردن؛ وقت تلف کردن |
 Finnish: vitkastella |
 French: flâner |
 Hebrew: לְהִתמָהמֵה |
 Hindi: समय गंवाना |
 Croatian: ljenčariti, tratiti vrije |
 Hungarian: lóg, cselleng |
 Indonesian: mengulur waktu |
 Icelandic: slóra, hangsa |
 Italian: gingillarsi |
 Japanese: ぐずぐずする |
 Korean: 빈둥빈둥 지내다 |
 Lithuanian: gaišuoti |
 Latvian: slaistīties |
 Malay: lengah |
 Dutch: treuzelen |
 Norwegian: gå og drive, somle |
 Polish: guzdrać się |
 Persian: فس فس کردن؛ وقت تلف کردن |
 Pashto: وخت نه تیرول |
 Portuguese: fazer cera |
 Romanian: a o lungi, a-şi pierde vr |
 Russian: канителить(ся) |
 Slovak: vliecť sa |
 Slovenian: zapravljatičas |
 Serbian: dangubiti |
 Swedish: söla, såsa |
 Thai: ชักช้าร่ำไร |
 Turkish: oyalanmak |
 Taiwanese: 閒盪 |
 Ukrainian: марнувати час; байдикуват |
 Urdu: وقت ضائع کرنا |
 Vietnamese: lề mề |
 Chinese: 闲荡 |
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