dawdler
11dawdler — n laggard, lingerer, loiterer; lie abed, slugabed, layabout, dreamer, lotus eater, drone, lounger; snail, slowpoke, tortoise, afternoon farmer, lazybones; loafer, faineant, do nothing, sluggard, sloth, idler, trifler; shirker, Sl. goof off,… …
12dawdler — daw·dler …
13dawdler — noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind • Syn: ↑drone, ↑laggard, ↑lagger, ↑trailer, ↑poke • Derivationally related forms: ↑poky (for: ↑ …
14dawdle — dawdler, n. dawdlingly, adv. /dawd l/, v., dawdled, dawdling. v.i. 1. to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages! 2. to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter. v.t. 3. to waste (time) by or as if by …
15laggard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lingerer, loiterer (see slowness). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. loiterer, straggler, slowpoke, dawdler, loafer, slouch. III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. straggler, slowpoke, dawdler, lagger, dallier,… …
16slowpoke — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. sloth, slug, laggard, snail, dawdler, foot dragger, procrastinator. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One that lags: dawdler, dilly dallier, lag, laggard, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, poke, pro crastinator,… …
17lagger — noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind • Syn: ↑dawdler, ↑drone, ↑laggard, ↑trailer, ↑poke • Derivationally related forms: ↑poky (for: ↑ …
18Dawdle — Daw dle, n. A dawdler. Colman & Carrick. [1913 Webster] …
19Poke — Poke, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 3. A contrivance to prevent an animal… …
20Poke bonnet — Poke Poke, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 3. A contrivance to prevent an… …
