dawdle
verb
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Definition of dawdle
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noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for dawdle
Synonyms
crawl, creep, dally, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry
Antonyms
barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip
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Richard Linklater's 19th feature becomes compelling in its final act, but before that too often appears tonally addled and dramatically dawdling. — Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Where'd You Go, Bernadette': Film Review," 15 Aug. 2019 Make a beeline for your car after the performance to get a jump start on the crowd, or plan to dawdle a bit. — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, "Mountain Winery Guide: What you need to know about the venue," 3 July 2019 Ovid’s share price has dawdled below $2 for most of 2019. — Damian Garde, BostonGlobe.com, "Ovid begins late-stage trial for rare disease treatment, defying Wall Street’s expectations," 27 June 2019 Companies are dawdling in their adoption of the Federal Reserve’s preferred replacement for the interest-rate benchmark underpinning trillions of dollars in financial contracts. — Daniel Kruger And Telis Demos, WSJ, "Companies Slow to Adopt Libor Replacement," 20 May 2019 But in the early voting states, the hapless citizens have already dined, danced and dawdled with the Democratic candidates at length, and their impressions have begun to change. — Gerard Baker, WSJ, "Can Joe Biden Win in 2020 as the Candidate of the Old Guard?," 14 June 2019 Never one to dawdle on a headline, the Times has already announced that managing editor Dean Baquet will be her replacement. — Rachel Mosely, Town & Country, "The 1% Daily," 14 May 2014 Analysts warn that Unibail shouldn’t dawdle in its sales strategy. — Isobel Lee, WSJ, "Unibail Selling Properties After Big Westfield Deal," 2 July 2018 After initially dawdling, the company pushed out its chief executive and fired or disciplined hundreds of managers. — Jack Ewing, New York Times, "Diesel Scandal Deepens as German Authorities Target Audi Chief and Daimler," 11 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dawdle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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