dawdle: Meaning and Definition of

daw•dle

Pronunciation: (dôd'l), [key]
— v., -dled, -dling.
—v.i.
  1. to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
  2. to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter.
—v.t.
  1. to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually fol. by away): He dawdled away the whole morning.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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