dawdle

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb
V_es/s
dawdles
V_ing/Gerund
dawdling
V_ed/pp
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  1. 1.

    (transitive)Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.

    to dawdle away the whole morning

    Đồng nghĩa: fiddle away

  2. 2.

    (intransitive)To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.

    Đồng nghĩa: dally, dilly-dally, take one's time, arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around, dally, dawdle, dick about, dick around, diddle, dilly-dally, dretch, drumble, faff, faff about, faff around, fanny about, fanny around, fart about, fart around, fiddle about, fiddle around, fool about, fool around, footle, forslow, goof around, goof off, hang about, hang around, hang out, horse around, idle, jerk off, lallygag, lamp, laze, laze about, laze around, linger, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, loiter, lollop, lollygag, mess around, mill about, mill around, muck about, muck around, piddle, pingle, stand by, tarry, tool around, waste time, while

  3. 3.

    (intransitive)To move or walk lackadaisically.

    If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won’t get as much exercise.

    Đồng nghĩa: loiter, idle

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
dawdles
  1. 1.

    An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.

  2. 2.

    An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey.

  3. 3.

    Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”).

    Đồng nghĩa: dawdler

  4. 4.

    (alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of doddle (“a job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple”).

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

fiddle awaydallydilly-dallytake one's timearse aboutarse aroundbludgebum aroundcabbageclown arounddick aboutdick arounddiddledretchdrumblefafffaff aboutfaff aroundfanny aboutfanny around

Cùng gốc / liên quan

dawdlinglydawdlerdawdlesomedawdling

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The verb is possibly:

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 14/8/2026

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