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part of speech:	verb
inflections:	dawdles, dawdling, dawdled
definition:	to waste time; be slow. She dawdled over her chores. antonyms: hurry similar words: poke
related words:	linger, loiter, procrastinate, stall, wait, wear
derivations:	dawdlingly (adv.), dawdler (n.)

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