— 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.