dawdle away
1dawdle away — v. trifle, waste time, idle …
2Dawdle — Daw dle, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning. [1913 Webster] …
3dawdle — /ˈdɔdəl / (say dawduhl) verb (i) (dawdled, dawdling) 1. to waste time; idle; trifle. 2. to walk slowly or lag behind others. –phrase 3. dawdle away, to waste (time) by trifling: to dawdle away the hours. {? variant of daddle toddle} –dawdler,… …
4dawdle — [v] delay; waste time amble, bum around*, dally, diddle daddle*, dilly dally*, drag, fool around*, fritter away*, get no place fast*, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey*, poke*,… …
5dawdle — [dôd′ l] vi., vt. dawdled, dawdling [< ? or akin to ME dadel(ing), chattering (of birds), dadelar, glib talker, prob. of echoic orig.] to waste (time) in trifling or by being slow; idle: often with away SYN. LOITER dawdler n …
6dawdle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. idle, loiter, loaf, waste or kill time, goldbrick (inf.), goof off (sl.). See inactivity, slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. loaf, idle, lounge; see loiter . See Synonym Study at loiter . III (Roget …
7dawdle — v. n. Trifle, dally, fiddle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time, fool away time …
8dawdle — 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 …
9dawdle — daw•dle [[t]ˈdɔd l[/t]] v. dled, dling 1) to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter 2) to saunter 3) to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usu. fol. by away): We dawdled away the whole morning[/ex] • Etymology: 1650–60; var. of daddle to toddle… …
10dawdle — verb (dawdled; dawdling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1656 intransitive verb 1. to spend time idly 2. to move lackadaisically transitive verb to spend fruitlessly or lackadaisically < dawdled the day away > …
