dawdle

«dawdle» in Mova's school dictionary: to walk or do something too slowly, wasting time — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (dawdle, dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)

meaning for a pupil

To dawdle is to walk or do something too slowly, wasting time. tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in parents' and teachers' talk («Don't dawdle!»), school mornings, stories.

examples

• Don't dawdle, we'll miss the bus! tree →
• He dawdled on his way to school. tree →
• Stop dawdling and finish your breakfast. tree →
• She dawdled behind, looking at shop windows. tree →
• The tortoise didn't dawdle; it kept going. tree →
• If you dawdle in the shop, the ice cream will melt. tree →
• I know when I may dawdle and when I may not." tree →

note

Informal. Person: dawdler. Similar: dilly-dally, loiter.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dawdle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.