v. 25B6; verb
they dawdled over breakfast : LINGER, dally, take one's time, be slow, waste time, idle; delay, procrastinate, stall; informal dilly-dally; archaic tarry.
Ruth dawdled home : AMBLE, stroll, trail, walk slowly, move at a snail's pace; informal mosey, tootle; Brit. informal pootle, mooch.
hurry.