procrastinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb postpone doing what one should be doing
    dillydally; dilly-dally; drag one's heels; stall; shillyshally; drag one's feet.
    • He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
  2. verb postpone or delay needlessly
    • He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late

WordNet

Pro*cras"ti*nate transitive verb
Etymology
L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to-morrow.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Procrastinated ; present participle & verbal noun Procrastinating
Definitions
  1. To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. Dr. H. More.
    Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. Shak.
    Syn. -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.
Pro*cras"ti*nate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To delay; to be dilatory.
    I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift.

Webster 1913