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Dawdling
verb
Word Frequency:
0.1
Definitions
1.
verb
To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.
2.
verb
To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
"to dawdle away the whole morning"
3.
verb
To move or walk lackadaisically.
"If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won't get as much exercise."
4.
noun
The act of one who dawdles.
Synonyms
slow
laggard
trifling
dilatory
dalliance
pokey
poky
wasting time
dawdlers
ambling
dallying
hurrying
Rhymes With
coddling
godling
modeling
remodeling
toddling
swaddling
waddling
twaddling
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