Dawdle

Word DAWDLE
Character 6
Hyphenation daw dle
Pronunciations /ˈdɔːdəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Dawdle"

What do we mean by dawdle?

To take more time than necessary. intransitive verb

To move aimlessly or lackadaisically. intransitive verb

To waste (time) by idling. intransitive verb

A trifler; a dawdler. noun

To idle; waste time; trifle; loiter.

To waste by trifling: with away: as, to dawdle away a whole forenoon.

A dawdler. noun

To waste by trifling. transitive verb

To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. intransitive verb

To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time. verb

To spend (time) without haste or purpose. verb

To move or walk lackadaisically. verb

A dawdler. noun

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

Waste time verb

Take one's time; proceed slowly verb

A dawdler.

A slow walk, journey.

An easily accomplished task; a doddle.

Move slowly or take up time Urban Dictionary

(noun) Something that doesn't ever ripen but proceeds to rot. Urban Dictionary

Starin n wastin time Urban Dictionary

To move or run at an extreme speed. Urban Dictionary

To procrastinate to the point of never getting anything done. Urban Dictionary

Wasting time by looking at people's bookmarks on del.icio.us, usually someone you found because you've saved the same link. Urban Dictionary

It is when you drop your ass-ball (or vagina) connection into someone's face Urban Dictionary

A term used to refer to the process of joining a fraternity. Synonymous to rushing, but often used at Brown University to differentiate from rushing a sorority. Urban Dictionary

A subject that was argued about in an 8th grade Career Exploration class Urban Dictionary

The word "dawdle" in example sentences

Recently, I made a little journal to try out what I thought would be the "dawdle" of bookbinding in danish: "bogbinderi" and have started filling it in. ❋ Lee Lee (2008)

The British had their own word "dawdle" which means wasting time or being lazy.

You will not make the connection, because we will probably dawdle and delay without warning or explanation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And with the 30 percent federal tax credit on some heating-system upgrades expiring December 31, 2010, you could pay nearly double if you dawdle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To cap this, Mr.H. W. Honwill, an English writer, found us conspicuous for our leisurely ways, and that we potter and dawdle as if life were a continuous holiday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

China just did it, but I'm afraid the USA will mostly dawdle. ❋ Patrick Takahashi (2011)

I pictured Liza practicing every possible pose a heroine could adopt in the romantic window seat, but there was no time for me to “dawdle” and try it out. ❋ Elizabeth Chandler (2011)

We couldn't dawdle, though, as dark clouds were gathering, so we turned and stepped as fast we could down the mountain. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard's "Rest on the Flight into Egypt," from circa 1750, at the Baltimore Museum of Art. (The Daily Pic will dawdle in its permanent collection for the rest of this week.) ❋ Blake Gopnik (2010)

Every Friday, the girls have a snack right after school, then they dawdle as much as possible to avoid cleaning. ❋ Melissa Corliss DeLorenzo (2011)

One saving grace about Medicare: it generally pays promptly, while private insurers will dawdle for months in paying even a simple claim. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was wrong to dawdle; Wars, Guns and Votes is a lucidly written analysis of the effects and causes of democracy and good governance in the poorest countries of the world, whose inhabitants Collier describes in a previous book as "the bottom billion". ❋ Yiskah (2010)

Don't dawdle, because the Democrats will take up tax reform and have a range of good answers to choose from. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Perhaps I will even dawdle a bit to read it again so it gives me that needed OOMPH to get moving. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"You don't dawdle, you don't linger, you decide," he said. ❋ Lisa Fleisher (2011)

[i cant] dawdle over [my coffee] much [longer] ❋ Seenboo (2015)

He never gets anything accomplished even though he appears to work a lot. He's dawdle. The white of an "over-easy" egg that remains uncooked and wiggly is dawdle. A fruit that is purchased in [unripe] condition and quickly [rots] instead of [ripening] is dawdle. ❋ Semitame (2005)

[Yo] [quit] Dawdling [dude]!!! ❋ Suppp!! ;) (2011)

They dawdled [to the] [finish line]. ❋ Mary Was A Webster (2022)

[Doug] "dawdled (verb)" through the [paperwork] process, so that in the end, someone else had to pick up his [slack]. ❋ Special Al (2010)

[danah] likes to reconstruct the [identity] of a user from bookmarks she encounters during a del.icio.us dawdle, but it's mostly [apophenia]. ❋ PBMax (2008)

[She fell], so i [decided] to start [sack dawdling] her ❋ Omuthafookaimanrealog (2009)

A: Bro, you rushing [Sig Ep]? B: Nah dude, I think I'm gonna go for D [Phi] instead. They seem tight. “Bro I got totally mf’d on the Angry O’s [dawdling] Sig Chi yesterday no cap” ❋ Vibegina (2022)

Dave: [Dawdle] means someone who drives slow! Mary: No it means, [a slow] person! Mary was [a Webster]: Check the urban dictionary and you will see that it actually means to move extremely fast. ❋ Webster Was A Mary (2022)

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