Meanings
plural dawdlings
- gerundgerund of dawdle: the act of one who dawdles.
‘Kuno, how slow you are.’ He smiled gravely. ‘I really believe you enjoy dawdling’.
1909, E.M. Forster, chapter I, in The Machine Stops1 more example
Buckingham might have mimicked the pedantry of his manners, and Coventry have complained of his interminable dawdlings and delays.
1839, The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dawdle
comparative more dawdling · superlative most dawdling
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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dawdling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dawdling
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