Antonyms for dawdle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dawd-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔd l

Definition of dawdle

Origin : 1650s, perhaps a variant of daddle "to walk unsteadily." Perhaps influenced by daw, because the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until c.1775. Related: Dawdled; dawdling.

verb delay; waste time

Example sentences :

They go from the school-room to the rum saloons, and dawdle away the rest of the day.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

And they did not dawdle; the poor old woman was packed in, in the time one takes to sneeze.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

We did not dawdle over his affairs, nor did we shrink from any work to which he challenged us.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

Easy for sleepers to dawdle with words and say carelessly life is this, life is that.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

If we succeeded in getting what we had come after there would be plenty of time to dawdle.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

Johnnie Green got to thinking so intently about the matter that he began to dawdle.
Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey

There was method in the way in which Laurence had sought to dawdle away the morning.
Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford

Geddie went into his office and sat down to dawdle over his report.
Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry

You all know when you learn with a will, and when you dawdle.
Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin

He was too much alarmed and too full of the responsibility of his position to dawdle.
Extract from : « Paul the Courageous » by Mabel Quiller-Couch

Synonyms for dawdle

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