dawdle Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb take one's time; proceed slowly
linger.
verb waste time
dally.
- Get busy--don't dally!
verb hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
fall behind; fall back; lag.

Cf. Daddle.

imperfect & past participle Dawdled ; present participle & verbal noun Dawdling

To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson.

We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray.