dawdle
An act of spending time idly and unfruitfullyAn act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.
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» Don't dawdle on the way home.
Trödle auf dem Heimweg nicht. — Dani6187
Не лови ґав по дорозі додому. — deniko
Не ловіть ґав по дорозі додому. — deniko
Dani6187 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesAn act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.
An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey.
Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”).
Examples
5 sentencesDon't dawdle on the way home.
Не лови ґав по дорозі додому. — deniko
deTrödle auf dem Heimweg nicht. — Dani6187
Come along now, you mustn't dawdle.
We haven't got time to dawdle.
deWir haben keine Zeit zum Trödeln! — Yorwba
We don't have time to dawdle.
deWir haben keine Zeit zum Trödeln! — Yorwba
Don't dawdle about, make haste!
Origin
The verb is possibly:The verb is possibly:
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