Definitions for dawdle

dawdle daw·dle

Spelling: [dawd-l]
IPA: /ˈdɔd l/

Dawdle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in dawdle (addelw).

Definitions for dawdle

verb (used with object)

  1. to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually followed by away):

verb (used without object)

  1. to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter:
  2. to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter.

Origin of dawdle

First recorded in 1650-60; variant of daddle to toddle

Examples for dawdle

There was method in the way in which Laurence had sought to dawdle away the morning.

Geddie went into his office and sat down to dawdle over his report.

You all know when you learn with a will, and when you dawdle.

We did not dawdle over his affairs, nor did we shrink from any work to which he challenged us.

And they did not dawdle; the poor old woman was packed in, in the time one takes to sneeze.

If we succeeded in getting what we had come after there would be plenty of time to dawdle.

Easy for sleepers to dawdle with words and say carelessly life is this, life is that.

Johnnie Green got to thinking so intently about the matter that he began to dawdle.

They go from the school-room to the rum saloons, and dawdle away the rest of the day.

I wandered on down the corridor to the elevator, to dawdle and not run into coarrivals.

Word Value for dawdle
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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