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daw·dle
ˈdôdl/
verb
verb: dawdle; 3rd person present: dawdles; past tense: dawdled; past participle: dawdled; gerund or present participle: dawdling
waste time; be slow.
"I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer"
Origin
mid 17th century: related to dialect daddle, doddle ‘dally.’
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