dawdling
/ˈdɔːldɪŋ/ · dawd·ling
verb
- To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time. She spent the entire afternoon dawdling on social media.
- To spend (time) without haste or purpose. He dawdled away the whole morning playing video games.
- To move or walk lackadaisically. If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won't get as much exercise.
noun
- The act of one who dawdles. Her dawdling was starting to annoy her colleagues.
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Did you know? The word 'dawdling' has been used in literature to describe the procrastination of characters, such as in Jane Austen's novel 'Mansfield Park', where the character Fanny Price is described as 'dawdling' in her daily routine.