Dawdle

Verb

 * 1) To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.
 * 2) To spend time without haste or purpose.
 * 3) To move or walk lackadaisically.
 * 4) * If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won't get as much exercise.

Adverbs for Dawdle
perversely; idy; languidly; tantalizingly; calmly; everlastingly; lightly; somnolently; lazily; lackadaisically; iiritatlngly; aimlessly.

Thesaurus
abide, await, bide, bide the issue, clock watcher, continue, dallier, dally, dawdler, delay, diddle, diddler, dillydallier, dillydally, do-nothing, dolittle, doodle, doodler, drag, drag out, draw out, drone, dwell on, extend, faineant, fall behind, falter, flag, foot-dragger, gentleman of leisure, get behind, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof off, goof-off, halt, hang about, hang around, hang back, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, idle, idler, lag, laggard, laze, lengthen, lengthen out, lie-abed, linger, linger behind, linger on, lingerer, loafer, loiter, loiterer, loller, lollygag, lotus-eater, lounge, lounger, lubber, mark time, mope, moper, piddle, plodder, poke, potterer, procrastinate, procrastinator, prolong, protract, putterer, shilly-shally, sit tight, sit up, sleepyhead, slouch, sloucher, slow goer, slow-foot, slowbelly, slowpoke, slug, sluggard, snail, spin out, stay, stay up, stick around, stick-in-the-mud, straggle, stretch out, take time, tarry, temporize, time killer, time waster, tortoise, trail, trail behind, trifler, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waiter on Providence, waste time

Etymology
c.1656, perhaps a variant of daddle "to walk unsteadily." Perhaps influenced by daw, since the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until c.1775.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:


 * Finnish: vetelehtiä
 * Russian: бездельничать, зря тратить время


 * Bulgarian: разтакавам се, туткам се


 * Finnish: vetelehtiä
 * Russian: бездельничать, зря тратить время


 * Bulgarian: шляя се

Anagrams

 * waddle