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- verb idiomatic, US To
dawdle ; to engage inidle activity or inactivity.
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synonyms (127)
Words with the same meaning
- abandon
- bum
- bum around
- bungler
- clock watcher
- cut
- dallier
- dally
- dawdle
- dawdler
- delay
- diddler
- dillydallier
- dillydally
- disregarder
- do nothing
- do-nothing
- dodge
- dodger
- dog it
- dolittle
- doodler
- drag
- drone
- duck
- duck duty
- faineant
- falter
- flag
- foot-dragger
- gentleman of leisure
- get out of
- goldbrick
- goldbricker
- halt
- hang around
- idle
- idler
- ignorer
- jump
- lag
- laggard
- laze
- lazy
- leave
- leave loose ends
- leave undone
- let alone
- let be
- let dangle
- let go
- lie around
- lie-abed
- linger
- lingerer
- loaf
- loafer
- loiter
- loiter about
- loiterer
- loll
- loll around
- loller
- lollop around
- lollygag
- lotus-eater
- lounge
- lounge around
- lounger
- lubber
- malinger
- malingerer
- miss
- mooch around
- moon
- moon around
- mope
- moper
- neglecter
- negligent
- not pull fair
- omit
- pass over
- pass up
- plodder
- potterer
- pretermit
- procrastinate
- procrastinator
- putterer
- shilly-shally
- shirk
- shirker
- sit around
- skip
- skulk
- slack
- slacker
- sleepyhead
- slide out of
- slip out of
- slouch
- slouch around
- sloucher
- sloven
- slow goer
- slow-foot
- slowbelly
- slowpoke
- slug
- sluggard
- slut
- snail
- sneak out of
- soldier
- stand around
- stick-in-the-mud
- tarry
- time killer
- time waster
- tortoise
- trail
- trifle
- trifler
- waiter on Providence
- waste time
- welsh
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