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What (who) is Dawdle - definition
dawdle
¦ verb waste time.
?move slowly and idly.
Derivatives
dawdler noun
Origin
C17: related to dialect daddle, doddle 'dally'.
dawdle
(dawdles, dawdling, dawdled)
If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle...
VERB: V
Examples of use of Dawdle
1. To be able to dawdle and not lose the ball you need quick feet.
2. This, despite the outcome, could never have been a night to dawdle in his goalmouth.
3. And why would Olmert dawdle on the appointment of a new chief of staff?
4. A leading bishop began the working week by urging commuters to slow down and find time to dawdle.
5. Islanders arch their backs against heavy carts laden with fresh jackfruit and laughing children in white uniforms dawdle to school.