[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dawdle \daw"dle\ dadd"d'l, v. i. imp.  p. p. dawdled; p.
   pr.  vb. n. dawdling. cf. daddle.
   to waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
   1913 webster

         come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with
         me.                                      --johnson.
   1913 webster

         we . . . dawdle up and down pall mall.   --thackeray.
   1913 webster
see also:
dawdled dawdling daddle 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dawdling
     n : the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working syn:
         dalliance, trifling, wasting time
see also:
dalliance trifling wasting time 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "dawdling":
   dalliance, dallying, delaying, dilatoriness, dilatory,
   dillydallying, dolce far niente, dragging, goofing off, idling,
   lag, lagging, lazing, lingering, loafing, loitering, lolling,
   lollygagging, lounging, mopery, procrastination, procrastinative,
   procrastinatory, shilly-shallying, tarriance, tarrying, trifling,
   waiting

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