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Dawdle (verb)
To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.
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Dawdle (verb)
To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
“to dawdle away the whole morning”
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Dawdle (verb)
To move or walk lackadaisically.
“If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won’t get as much exercise.”
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Dawdle (noun)
A dawdler.
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Dawdle (noun)
A slow walk, journey.
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Dawdle (noun)
An easily accomplished task; a doddle.
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Loiter (verb)
To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly
“lepak (Malaysia, Singapore)|linger|hang around”
“For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.”
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Dawdle (verb)
waste time; be slow
“she mustn’t dawdleâshe had to make the call now”
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Dawdle (verb)
move slowly and idly in a particular direction
“Ruth dawdled back through the wood”
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Loiter (verb)
stand or wait around without apparent purpose
“she saw Mary loitering near the cloakrooms”
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Loiter (verb)
walk slowly and with no apparent purpose; dawdle
“the weather had tempted them to loiter along the banks of the Cherwell”