Dawdle word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "dawdle" word

[verb] hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
[verb] waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
[verb] take one's time; proceed slowly

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\Daw"dle\ (d[add]"d'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawdled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dawdling}.] [Cf. {Daddle}.] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. --Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. --Thackeray.
\Daw"dle\, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
\Daw"dle\, n. A dawdler. --Colman & Carrick.

Synonyms for dawdle

dally, fall back, fall behind, lag, linger

Antonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed

Related terms: abide, await, dallier, flag, gentleman of leisure, goldbricker, goof off, halt, hold on, idle, idler, laze, loafer, loiterer, potterer, shilly-shally, sit tight, slouch, stay, stick-in-the-mud, stick around, wait a minute

The fun area, different aproach to word »dawdle«

Let's analyse "dawdle" as pure text. This string has Six letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: ELDWAD. Average typing speed for these characters is 1725 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.. .- .-- -.. .-.. .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: dawdle: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: dawdle: 4 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 5 = 22, reduced: 22, and the final result is Twenty-Two.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (2)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
W (1)	23	King of Wands	Sensual, Warm, Strong, Loyal

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