[V] [usually +adv./prep.] to take a long time to do sth or go somewhere:
Stop dawdling! We're going to be late! * They dawdled along by the river, laughing and talking.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is dawdle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dawdle is tagged as verb.
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