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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024daw•dle /ˈdɔdəl/USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. - to move or act too slowly;
idle;
loiter: [no obj]:Quit dawdling and get to work.[ ~ + away + obj]:dawdled away the morning.[~ + object + away]to dawdle the time away.
daw•dler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024daw•dle (dôd′l),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. v.i. - to waste time;
idle;
trifle;
loiter:Stop dawdling and help me with these packages! - to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily;
saunter.
v.t. - to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually fol. by away):He dawdled away the whole morning.
- variant of daddle to toddle 1650–60
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See loiter.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fritter, putter, idle, trifle.
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