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dawdle
Overview of verb dawdle
The verb dawdle has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. linger, dawdle -- (take one's time; proceed slowly)
2. dally, dawdle -- (waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!")
3. lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind -- (hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)
Grep of noun dawdle
dawdler
Antonyms of verb dawdle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dawdle
3 senses of dawdle
Sense 1
linger, dawdle
=> move
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
=> follow
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dawdle
1 of 3 senses of dawdle
Sense 3
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
=> drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dawdle
3 senses of dawdle
Sense 1
linger, dawdle
=> move
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
=> follow
'Cause To' of verb dawdle
Derived Forms of verb dawdle
3 senses of dawdle
Sense 1
linger, dawdle
RELATED TO>(noun) dawdler#1
=> dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
RELATED TO>(noun) dawdler#1
=> dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
RELATED TO>(noun) dawdling#1
=> dalliance, dawdling, trifling
Sense 3
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
RELATED TO>(noun) dawdler#1
=> dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
Domain of verb dawdle
Domain Terms of verb dawdle
Familiarity of verb dawdle
dawdle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb dawdle
3 senses of dawdle
Sense 1
linger, dawdle
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb dawdle
3 senses of dawdle
Sense 1
linger, dawdle
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
> act, behave, do
=> act involuntarily, act reflexively
=> fall over backwards, bend over backwards
=> presume
=> vulgarize, vulgarise
=> optimize, optimise
=> quack
=> menace
=> make
=> swagger, bluster, swash
=> freeze
=> wanton
=> romanticize
=> sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise
=> bungle
=> play, toy
=> act, play, act as
=> stooge
=> joke, jest
=> piffle
=> make
=> make as if
=> break down, lose it, snap
=> dally, dawdle
=> backslap
=> hugger mugger
=> sauce
=> footle
=> frivol, trifle
=> swell, puff up
=> follow
=> relax, loosen up
=> ramp, rage, storm
Sense 3
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
> follow
=> lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
=> tailgate
=> shadow
=> carry
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dawdle
Sense 1
linger, dawdle
=> move
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Sense 2
dally, dawdle
=> act, behave, do
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Sense 3
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
=> follow
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Grep of verb dawdle
dawdle
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