Definitions
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Word origin
The noun is derived from the verb.
Used in a sentence
“to dawdle away the whole morning”
“[M]anaging to live on terms with both / Opposing potentates, the Power and you, / Crowned with success, but dawdle out my days / In exile here at Clairvaux, with mock love, […]”
“Tell him, if he'll call on me, and davvdle over a diſh of tea in an afternoon, I ſhall take it kind.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Move or act slowly”6 letters
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