DAWDLE


Meaning of DAWDLE in English

— dawdler , n. — dawdlingly , adv.

/dawd"l/ , v. , dawdled, dawdling .

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.

3. to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually fol. by away ): He dawdled away the whole morning.

[ 1650-60; var. of daddle to toddle ]

Syn. 1, 2. See loiter. 3. fritter, putter, idle, trifle.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .