dawdler

daw·dle

D0043200 (dôd′l)v. daw·dled, daw·dling, daw·dles v.intr.1. To take more time than necessary: dawdled through breakfast.2. To move aimlessly or lackadaisically: dawdling on the way to work.v.tr. To waste (time) by idling: dawdling the hours away.

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[Perhaps alteration of dialectal daddle, to diddle.]

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daw′dler n.daw′dling·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dawdler - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behindlaggard, lagger, trailer, poke, dronedo-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"lingerer, loiterer - someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a placeslowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder - someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"potterer, putterer - a person who putters aboutstraggler, strayer - someone who strays or falls behind

dawdler

nounOne that lags:dilly-dallier, lag, laggard, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, poke, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier.Informal: slowpoke.

Translations

懒汉游手好闲的人

dawdle

(ˈdoːdl) verb to waste time especially by moving slowly. Hurry up, and don't dawdle! 閒盪 闲荡ˈdawdler noun 懶漢，游手好閒的人 懒汉，游手好闲的人 ˈdawdling noun 閒逛，懶散 闲逛，懒散