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Dictionary definition and meaning for dawdle

DAWDLE

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

    synonyms : fall back , fall behind , lag
  • (verb) waste time

    "Get busy--don't dally!"

    synonyms : dally
    Picture Dictionary
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    Despite our best intentions of not dawdling, it's hard to pass up the chance to check out a sunrise like this at the end of our morning ride.
  • (verb) take one's time; proceed slowly

    synonyms : linger

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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  • (Tag: English) somewhat similar to idle

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  • (Tag: ) do dull ladke dawdle kar rahe hain.

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  • (Tag: Hindi) PAIDAL(walk on foot)..some guys are walking PAIDAL in order to DAWDLE.

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  • (Tag: ) dawdle - similar to "Doodle" .. we can recollect "yankee doodle went to town riding on a ..." i.e loitering around, hand around .."stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni .." wasting time around .. doing silly stuff

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