dawdles

VERB

delay; waste time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

laze loiter mosey procrastinate saunter

STRONG

amble dally dilly-dally drag idle lag loaf loll lounge poke stay stroll tarry toddle trifle wait

WEAK

bum around diddle-daddle fool around fritter away get no place fast goof off hang around hang out lazy put off scrounge around shlep along sit around sit on one's butt warm a chair

Antonyms

STRONG

do go run rush

WEAK

forward hasten hurry push speed

Example Sentences

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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky- daddles, Goosey-poosey, Turkey-lurkey, and Foxy-woxy all went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.

From English Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph

Then Cocky-locky strutted down into the cave and he hadn't gone far when "Snap, Hrumph!" went Foxy-woxy and Cocky- locky was thrown alongside of Turkey-lurkey, Goosey-poosey and Ducky- daddles.

From English Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph

How you would have dibbled down, if your daddles hadn’t held on.”

From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick

He said quite suddenly, 'This gentleman now can make use of his daddles.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend