Thesaurus: dawdle

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1. v. i. To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
2. v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
3. n. A dawdler.
4. v. take one's time; proceed slowly
5. v. waste time
6. v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
7. To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning. A dawdler. Colman & Carrick.
8. To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson.We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray.
9. v:100 v take one's time; proceed slowly v waste time v hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.