dawdle

intransitive-verb
UK: /ˈdɔːdl/
US: /ˈdɔːdl/

  1. To move or do things slowly or lazily.

    1. Don't dawdle, we need to leave now to catch the bus.
    2. The students dawdle along the corridor on their way to the library.

  2. To waste time; to spend time idly.

    1. Stop dawdling and get your homework done, it is getting late.
    2. We dawdle over coffee and talk about our plans for future travel.

Synonyms

linger loiter delay dally idle procrastinate
dawdle noun

  1. The act of wasting time; a period of idling.

    1. After a short dawdle, he started to work.
    2. Her dawdle on the way to school caused her to be late every day.

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "dawdle" in English means: To move or do things slowly or lazily., To waste time; to spend time idly..

The phonetic transcription of "dawdle" is /ˈdɔːdl/ in British English and /ˈdɔːdl/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "dawdle": linger, loiter, delay, dally, idle, procrastinate.

Example usage of "dawdle": "Don't dawdle, we need to leave now to catch the bus.". More examples on the page.