dawdler
111slowpoke — [n] laggard dawdler, dilly dallyer, idler, plodder, procrastinator, slug, sluggard, snail, straggler; concepts 121,237,681 …
112dawdle — ► VERB ▪ move slowly; take one s time. DERIVATIVES dawdler noun. ORIGIN related to dialect daddle, doddle dally …
113dawdle — [dôd′ l] vi., vt. dawdled, dawdling [< ? or akin to ME dadel(ing), chattering (of birds), dadelar, glib talker, prob. of echoic orig.] to waste (time) in trifling or by being slow; idle: often with away SYN. LOITER dawdler n …
114dawdle — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a walk slowly and idly. b delay; waste time. 2 tr. (foll. by away) waste (time). n. an act or instance of dawdling. Derivatives: dawdler n. Etymology: perh. rel. to dial. daddle, doddle idle, dally …
115do-nothing — I noun person who does no work a lazy bum • Syn: ↑idler, ↑loafer, ↑layabout, ↑bum • Derivationally related forms: ↑bum (fo …
116fall back — verb 1. fall backwards and down (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑lean back, ↑recline • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s 2. hang (back) or fall ( …
117fall behind — verb 1. retreat (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑fall back, ↑lose, ↑drop off, ↑recede • Ant: ↑gain (for: ↑fall back) …
118laggard — n. & adj. n. a dawdler; a person who lags behind. adj. dawdling; slow. Derivatives: laggardly adj. & adv. laggardness n. Etymology: LAG(1) …
119lingerer — noun someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place • Syn: ↑loiterer • Derivationally related forms: ↑linger, ↑loiter (for: ↑loiterer) • Hypernyms: ↑dawdler, ↑ …
120loiterer — noun someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place • Syn: ↑lingerer • Derivationally related forms: ↑linger (for: ↑lingerer), ↑loiter • Hypernyms: ↑dawdler, ↑ …
