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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to dawdling:   (131 results)

Often used in the same context:
dithering, plodding, ambling, dallying, loafing, trundle, saunter, hurrying, blundering, meandering, pottered, coasting, tarrying, striding, lumbering, sulk, harrumphing, slow, tootling, prevaricating, galloping, carping, whining, faffing, strolling, hoofing, pacing, scooting, trotting, forty winks, hectoring, waltzing, procrastinating, daydreaming, waddling, pussyfooting, lurching, loping, lolling, puttering, wander, griping, pining, trudging, snoozing, squabbling, harried, lollygag, eager beaver, pouting, pedaling, stalling, nattering, pottering, scurry, enervating, piddle, hobbling, skulk, biding, perambulate, whinnying, muddling, zipping, gawking, darting, scampering, breezing, nibbling, chasing, snivel, moping, kibitz, jog, mucking, bicker, lazing, sprinting, fidgeting, grousing, yapping, wasting, muttering, quailing, fretting, ogling, gallivanting, napping, wheedling, slog, grumbling, maneuvering, straggle, scarper, mosey, hoicks, yakking, gamboling, clomp, waiting, dickering, chitchat, quibbling, rambling, wandering, bickering, drudgery, fiddling, idleness, irresolution, procrastination, subterfuge, vacillation, wrangles, arguing, bickerings, brooding, chatter, chattering, chicanery

More general:
delay, detention, holdup

Synonyms:
dalliance, dilatory, laggard, pokey, poky, slow, trifling, wasting time

Also try:
— Adjectives for dawdling: more, such, mere, much, intellectual, long, mental, little, aimless, own, further, more...

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