dawdle
[verb]
Synonyms: waste time, dally, delay, drag one's feet or heels, hang about, idle, loaf, loiter, trail

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Contrasted words: arouse, rally, rouse, stir, hasten, hurry, speed
Related Idioms: fritter away time
Related Words: amble, saunter, stroll, stay, wait, toy, trifle, fritter, waste

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

daw‧dle /ˈdɔːdl $ ˈdɒː-/ verb [intransitive]
to take a long time to do something or walk somewhere:
Don’t dawdle – we’re late already!
dawdle over
I dawdled over a second cup of coffee.
—dawdler noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲