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Definition of Dawdling
1. Noun. The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working.
Generic synonyms: Delay, Holdup
Derivative terms: Dally, Dawdle, Trifle
Definition of Dawdling
1. Verb. (present participle of dawdle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dawdling
1. dawdle [v] - See also: dawdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dawdling
Literary usage of Dawdling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"Two old fishermen were coiling ropes close to her seat "Ajt ay," quoth one to
the other, speaking with deep pity of the visitors, " there they wis. dawdling ..."
2. The Baroness de Bode, 1775-1803 by William Shakespear Childe-Pemberton (1900)
"... Mirabeau—Letters posted over the border—' Citizen Bode ' stays at Soultz—May
Alsace again become German—The Princes of Germany still dawdling—Birth of a ..."
3. The Baroness de Bode, 1775-1803 by William Shakespear Childe-Pemberton (1900)
"... of Mirabeau—Letters posted over the border—' Citizen Bode' stays at Soultz—May
Alsace again become German—The Princes of Germany still dawdling—Birth of ..."
4. Faults of Childhood and Youth by Michael Vincent O'Shea (1920)
"CHAPTER XXIV dawdling A concrete case: 0 'clock and does not rise until seven in
the morning, thus he gets plenty of sleep in a room with open windows. ..."
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