dawdle[verb]Synonyms: waste time, dally, delay, drag one's feet
or heels, hang about, idle, loaf, loiter, trail
Contrasted words: arouse, rally, rouse, stir, hasten, hurry, speed
Related Idioms: fritter away time
Related Words: amble,
saunter,
stroll,
stay,
wait,
toy,
trifle,
fritter,
waste [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
daw‧dle /ˈdɔːdl $ ˈdɒː-/
verb [intransitive] to take a long time to do something or walk somewhere:
Don’t dawdle – we’re late already!dawdle over I dawdled over a second cup of coffee.—dawdler noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲