'Dawdling' definitions:
Definition of 'dawdling'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Dawdling'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Webster]
- We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dawdling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- dragging,
- goofing off,
- idling,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lazing,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- loitering,
- lolling,
- lollygagging,
- lounging,
- mopery,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- shilly-shallying,
- tarriance,
- tarrying,
- trifling,
- waiting