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dawdler
English
Etymology
dawdle +? -er
Noun
dawdler (plural dawdlers)
- a person who dawdles or idles
Translations
Anagrams
- drawled, waddler
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dawdle
English
Etymology
First attested around 1656; variant of daddle (“to walk unsteadily”), perhaps influenced by daw, since the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until around 1775. Compare also German daddeln (“to play”), German verdaddeln (“to waste (time), neglect, ruin”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??d?l/
- Rhymes: -??d?l
- Homophone: doddle (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Verb
dawdle (third-person singular simple present dawdles, present participle dawdling, simple past and past participle dawdled)
- (intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
- (transitive) To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
- (intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.
Translations
See also
- dally, dander, dandle, diddle, loaf, piddle, wander, doodle
Noun
dawdle (plural dawdles)
- A dawdler.
- 1766, George Colman the Elder and David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act I, page 13
- Where is this dawdle of a housekeeper?
- 1766, George Colman the Elder and David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act I, page 13
- A slow walk, journey.
- An easily accomplished task; a doddle.
Anagrams
- Dewald, Waddle, dwaled, waddle, walded
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