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Word: Dawdle
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 17th century: related to dialect daddle, doddle ‘dally’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdɔːdl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
waste time; be slow
Short Definition:waste time
Examples:- she mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call now
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