1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Dawdling

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of dawdle.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Sauntering; idling.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

Word Usage

"Given the ineptitudes that followed — the Nannygate flap over Attorney General — designate Zoe Baird, gays in the military, Whitewater's first stirrings, the Mogadishu debacle — his dawdling is understandable."

Verb Form

dawdled dawdles dawdling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

do act behave move

Cross Reference

delay wander diddle loaf doodle

Form

dawdled dawdling

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

trifle saunter dawdler

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

caudal caudle

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

cheque-book videocassettes bed-sitting-room transactor skivvy