Dictionarydaw•dlePronunciation: (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. 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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