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dawdle away one's time

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  • dawdle — [v] delay; waste time amble, bum around*, dally, diddle daddle*, dilly dally*, drag, fool around*, fritter away*, get no place fast*, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey*, poke*,… …   New thesaurus

  • time — n 1. chronology; duration. 2. point, juncture, moment, instant, hour, day; period, spell, span, stretch, while, tide, term, tenure; interval, interim, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interlude, pause, break, hiatus; turn, shift, watch;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • dawdle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. idle, loiter, loaf, waste or kill time, goldbrick (inf.), goof off (sl.). See inactivity, slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. loaf, idle, lounge; see loiter . See Synonym Study at loiter . III (Roget …   English dictionary for students

  • time — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measurement of duration Nouns 1. time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; fourth dimension; the whole time; era, epoch, age, aeon; time of life; moment, instant, instantaneity,… …   English dictionary for students

  • dawdle — v 1. waste time, take one s time or one s own sweet time, kill time, fritter time away; idle, trifle, finick, potter, fiddle, piddle, Inf. fiddle faddle; dally, dilly dally, procrastinate, Inf. diddle, shilly shally, vacillate. 2. loiter, poke,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • loiter — v 1. linger, tarry, stay, wait, remain, Sl. hang around, Sl. stick around; continue, persist, stay on, endure, abide, persevere, hang on. 2. loll, idle, Inf. lallygag, lounge, poke, dally, dillydally; slouch, loaf, vegetate, waste time, Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • falter — v 1. hesitate, waver, hover, hang in the balance, vacillate, oscillate; fluctuate, blow hot and cold, alternate, go back and forth between; be undecided, Inf. straddle the fence, dilly dally, shilly shally; hem and haw, delay, waste time, trifle …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • potter — 1. v. (US putter) 1 intr. a (often foll. by about, around) work or occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasant manner (likes pottering about in the garden). b (often foll. by at, in) dabble in a subject or occupation. 2 intr. go slowly, dawdle,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • loiter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. linger, poke, dawdle, lag. See slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. linger, linger idly, dawdle, dally, idle, lag, saunter, stroll, delay, shuffle, waste time, putter, procrastinate, traipse, shamble …   English dictionary for students

  • Inactivity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inactivity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inactivity inactivity Sgm: N 1 inaction inaction &c. 681 Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness &c. 172 Sgm: N 1 obstinacy obstinacy &c. 606 GRP: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • linger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. delay, dally, loiter, dawdle, poke; remain, persist. See lateness, durability, slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To go reluctantly] Syn. tarry, stay, wait, saunter, lag, trail, hesitate, delay, plod …   English dictionary for students

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