daw·dle

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• daw|dle — «D duhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. –v.i. to waste time; be idle; loiter; dally: »Don t dawdle over your work. SYNONYM(S): trifle, lag, idle. –v.t. to waste by trifling: »He dawdled a whole afternoon away. SYNONYM(S): fritter. –n …   Useful english dictionary

• daw — daw·dler; daw·dling·ly; daw·dling·ness; daw·ny; daw·so·nia; daw·so·ni·a·les; daw·son·ite; daw; daw·dle; …   English syllables

• dle — ad·dle·pate; ai·dle; bea·dle; bea·dle·dom; bin·dle; bri·dle·less; brin·dle; bud·dle·ia; ca·boo·dle; can·dle·mas; ca·noo·dle; con·did·dle; crud·dle; cru·dle; cud·dle·some; did·dle·dees; doo·dle·sack; drid·dle; fad·dle; far·dle; fer·ri·did·dle;… …   English syllables

• dawdle — daw·dle …   English syllables

• dawdle — daw•dle [[t]ˈdɔd l[/t]] v. dled, dling 1) to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter 2) to saunter 3) to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usu. fol. by away): We dawdled away the whole morning[/ex] • Etymology: 1650–60; var. of daddle to toddle… …   From formal English to slang

• dawdle — daw|dle [ˈdo:dl US ˈdo: ] v 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[i] n …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dawdle — daw|dle [ dɔdl ] verb intransitive to go somewhere or do something so slowly that people become annoyed with you …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Dawdle — Daw dle (d[add] d l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawdled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dawdling}.] [Cf. {Daddle}.] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. [1913 Webster] Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dawdle — Daw dle, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dawdle — Daw dle, n. A dawdler. Colman & Carrick. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English