Definition of dawdle
1
: to spend time idly
… dawdled about in the vestibule …— Jane Austen
2
: to move lackadaisically
"I don't want you dawdling while you making deliveries for Mrs. Ford."— Connie Porter
: to spend fruitlessly or lackadaisically
dawdled the day away
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The first known use of dawdle was circa 1656
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