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Definitions for DAWDLE
ˈdɔd ldaw·dle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. linger, dawdleverb

    take one's time; proceed slowly

  2. dally, dawdleverb

    waste time

    "Get busy--don't dally!"

  3. lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb

    hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. dawdleverb

    To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.

  2. dawdleverb

    To spend (time) without haste or purpose.

  3. dawdleverb

    To move or walk lackadaisically.

    If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won't get as much exercise.

ChatGPT

  1. dawdle

    To dawdle means to waste time by being slow or lingering, often in an aimless or lackadaisical manner. It involves procrastination or taking more time than is necessary to complete a task.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dawdleverb

    to waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter

  2. Dawdleverb

    to waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning

  3. Dawdlenoun

    a dawdler

  4. Etymology: [Cf. Daddle.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dawdle

    daw′dl, v.i. to waste time by trifling: to act or move slowly.—n. Daw′dler. [Allied to dandle and dandy.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DAWDLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DAWDLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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  • шляя се, безделничаBulgarian
  • trödeln, Zeit totschlagenGerman
  • velttoilla, vetelehtiäFinnish
  • csellengHungarian
  • bighellonareItalian
  • whakatairuhi, hāmure, tonanawe, taparuruMāori
  • шляться, медлить, мешкать, плестись, тащиться, бездельничать, канителитьсяRussian
  • халупаUkrainian

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