Dawdle Common

Dawdle has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Noun

A dawdler.

Verb

take one's time; proceed slowly

linger dawdle

waste time

"Get busy--don't dally!"

dally dawdle

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

lag dawdle fall back fall behind

To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.

See Also

dilly dally smartish doddle daddle fart arse dawdling lallygag moodle

Related Terms

dilly dally smartish doddle daddle fart arse dawdling lallygag moodle lackadaisically dawdler dawdled pingle lollygag dretch screw around drag one's feet goof off feeze jack around dally

Antonyms

hotfoot

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

move act follow

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

drag

Rhyming Words

dle adle idle fdle codle oodle ladle padle bodle sidle addle waddle huddle biddle riddle feddle widdle muddle weddle nuddle

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