dawdle

Meaning of dawdle

verb
  1. waste time; be slow.
    she mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call now

mid 17th century: related to dialect daddle, doddle ‘dally’.

Information about dawdle

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of dawdle is: dawdles.
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Hyphenation of dawdle

daw-dle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • dawdle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

dawdle synonyms

Meaning linger:

linger

Meaning dally:

dally

Meaning lag:

lag

Meaning move aimlessly or lazily:

idle

Meaning be late or slow; loiter:

delay

Meaning delay or postpone action; put off doing something:

procrastinate

Meaning (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine:

stall

Meaning like or covered with tar:

tarry

dawdle antonyms

Meaning move or act with great haste:

hurry

Anagrams of dawdle

Waddle, waddle

Words that rhyme with dawdle

Bowdle, crowdle

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