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]
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. 2012