Definition of dawdle

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Dawes, Charles Gates >

daw·dle    (dôdl) KEY  

VERB:
daw·dled , daw·dling , daw·dles
VERB:
intr.

1. To take more time than necessary: dawdled through breakfast.
2. To move aimlessly or lackadaisically: dawdling on the way to work.

VERB:
tr.

To waste (time) by idling: dawdling the hours away.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps alteration of dialectal daddle, to diddle

OTHER FORMS:
dawdler (Noun), dawdling·ly (Adverb)

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