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daw·dle (dôd́l)

[Perhaps alteration of dialectal daddle, to diddle.]

verb: -dled, -dling, -dles. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To take more time than necessary: dawdled through breakfast.
  2. To move aimlessly or lackadaisically: dawdling on the way to work.

transitive verb 

To waste (time) by idling: dawdling the hours away.

derivatives

daẃdler
noun
daẃdling·ly
adverb