DAWDLE


Meaning of DAWDLE in English

daw ‧ dle /ˈdɔːdl $ ˈdɒː-/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]

to take a long time to do something or walk somewhere:

Don’t dawdle – we’re late already!

dawdle over

I dawdled over a second cup of coffee.

—dawdler noun [countable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.