verb
- moved or acted slowly; wasted time by being slow or idle
Usage: past tense of dawdle
Examples
- She dawdled on her way to school and arrived late.
- The children dawdled over their breakfast instead of getting ready.
- He dawdled in the park, enjoying the sunny afternoon.
- We dawdled at the museum and missed our dinner reservation.
- The student dawdled with his homework until midnight.
- They dawdled along the beach, collecting seashells.