dawdle away time
1dawdle away — v. trifle, waste time, idle …
2dawdle — /ˈdɔdəl / (say dawduhl) verb (i) (dawdled, dawdling) 1. to waste time; idle; trifle. 2. to walk slowly or lag behind others. –phrase 3. dawdle away, to waste (time) by trifling: to dawdle away the hours. {? variant of daddle toddle} –dawdler,… …
3time — n 1. chronology; duration. 2. point, juncture, moment, instant, hour, day; period, spell, span, stretch, while, tide, term, tenure; interval, interim, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interlude, pause, break, hiatus; turn, shift, watch;… …
4dawdle — v. n. Trifle, dally, fiddle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time, fool away time …
5dawdle — [v] delay; waste time amble, bum around*, dally, diddle daddle*, dilly dally*, drag, fool around*, fritter away*, get no place fast*, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey*, poke*,… …
6dawdle — [dôd′ l] vi., vt. dawdled, dawdling [< ? or akin to ME dadel(ing), chattering (of birds), dadelar, glib talker, prob. of echoic orig.] to waste (time) in trifling or by being slow; idle: often with away SYN. LOITER dawdler n …
7time — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measurement of duration Nouns 1. time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; fourth dimension; the whole time; era, epoch, age, aeon; time of life; moment, instant, instantaneity,… …
8dawdle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. idle, loiter, loaf, waste or kill time, goldbrick (inf.), goof off (sl.). See inactivity, slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. loaf, idle, lounge; see loiter . See Synonym Study at loiter . III (Roget …
9dawdle — dawdler, n. dawdlingly, adv. /dawd l/, v., dawdled, dawdling. v.i. 1. to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages! 2. to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter. v.t. 3. to waste (time) by or as if by …
10dawdle — daw•dle [[t]ˈdɔd l[/t]] v. dled, dling 1) to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter 2) to saunter 3) to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usu. fol. by away): We dawdled away the whole morning[/ex] • Etymology: 1650–60; var. of daddle to toddle… …
