Dawdles [verb]
Definition of Dawdles:
delay; waste time
Synonyms of Dawdles:
● Mosey
● Saunter
● Laze
● Loiter
● Trifle
● Loaf
● Tarry
● Amble
● Lag
● Idle
● Stay
● Lounge
● Drag
● Poke
● Dally
● Toddle
● Loll
● Stroll
● Wait
● Goof off
● Lazy
● Put off
● Hang out
Sentence/Example of Dawdles:
Of what use is a man who dawdles away his time on a fiddle; of what benefit is he to mankind?
He lingers and dawdles through his round of hours as though it joyed him to be sluggish.
Owd Dawdles had nivver had sich a job in his life, it tuk him aboon an haar, an' when he coom back it wor droppin dark.
But Dawdles wor as gooid as his word, an' long befoor it wor done he declared it wor th' cheapest mait he ivver bowt.
He must put the screw on Henslowe, and if Henslowe dawdles, why we shall just drain and repair and sink for a well, ourselves.
If he should ever slip up, it might well be put down as an insult, because he never forgets or dawdles.
He must put the screw on Henslowe, and if Henslowe dawdles, why we shall just drain and repair and sink for a well ourselves.
Reenawlee; a slow-going fellow who dawdles and delays and hesitates about things.
It is the adolescent who loafs and dawdles on street corners.
He goes down into the street, and dawdles an hour or so a day at his broker's.