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My writing process, such as it is, consists of a lot of noodling, procrastinating, dawdling, and avoiding.
Amy Bloom

Meaning of "dawdling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DAWDLING

dawdling  [ˈdɔːd əlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAWDLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dawdling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DAWDLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dawdling in the English dictionary

The definition of dawdling in the dictionary is proceeding at a slow pace, wasting time.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DAWDLING


bustling
ˈbʌsəlɪŋ
colonelling
ˈkɜːn əlɪŋ
counselling
ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
disabling
dɪˈseɪb əlɪŋ
disgavelling
dɪsˈɡæv əlɪŋ
dissembling
dɪˈsɛmb əlɪŋ
enabling
ɪnˈeɪbəlɪŋ
enameling
ɪˈnæm əlɪŋ
farnarkeling
ˈfɑːnɑːk əlɪŋ
juggling
ˈdʒʌɡəlɪŋ
labelling
ˈleɪbəlɪŋ
modeling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
modelling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
remodeling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
signaling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
signalling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
smuggling
ˈsmʌɡəlɪŋ
stumbling
ˈstʌmbəlɪŋ
travelling
ˈtrævəlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DAWDLING

daw
dawah
dawbake
dawbry
dawcock
dawd
dawdle
dawdler
dawdlingly
Dawes
dawk
Dawkins
dawn
dawn chorus
dawn raid
dawn raider
dawn redwood
dawner
dawney
dawning

WORDS THAT END LIKE DAWDLING

baggage handling
bloodcurdling
calling
codling
cradling
dwindling
fair to middling
fiddling
handling
idling
kindling
meddling
middling
mishandling
muddling
noodling
piddling
puddling
sandling
seedling
waddling

Synonyms and antonyms of dawdling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DAWDLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dawdling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dawdling

Translation of «dawdling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DAWDLING

Find out the translation of dawdling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dawdling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dawdling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

磨蹭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dawdling
570 millions of speakers

English

dawdling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dawdling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تضييع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волынка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vadiagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dawdling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flânerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbunyi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trödeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dawdling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dawdling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dawdling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dawdling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dawdling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Dawdling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Oyalanmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dawdling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

guzdrać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

волинка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mocăit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dawdling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dawdling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dawdling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

somler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dawdling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DAWDLING»

The term «dawdling» is regularly used and occupies the 71.279 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DAWDLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dawdling

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QUOTES WITH «DAWDLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dawdling.
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Amy Bloom
My writing process, such as it is, consists of a lot of noodling, procrastinating, dawdling, and avoiding.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAWDLING»

Discover the use of dawdling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dawdling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, ...
This is not a book for Bill Gates.
John Perry, 2012
2
Dawdling Dora: A Book About Obedience
With God's help Dora the chambermaid learns not to dawdle when cleaning the Queen's bedroom.
Janet Noonan, Jacquelyn Calvert, Scott Holladay, 1992
3
Doodling While Dawdling
DOODLING while DAWDLING is a book of poems written about commonplace occurrences or places, endeavors and desires or happenings in the language as we speak it today.
Betty Jane Kimpton, 2007
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Dawdling: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
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Dawdling by the Danube: With Journeys in Bavaria and Poland
And, as is revealed in this charming book, there is no better place from which to see a country than that of a bike seat.
Edward Enfield, 2008
6
Helping Parents Solve Their Children's Behavior Problems
CHRISTINA D. ADAMS AND RONALD S. DRABMAN Children's dawdling and noncompliance with morning routines can often lead to parent-child conflict and tardiness in going to school. "Beat-the-Buzzer" is a contingency method which has ...
Charles E. Schaefer, Andrew R. Eisen, 1998
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The Parents Answer Book: From Birth Through Age Three
No child can cooperate^ refrain from dawdling, or simply behave all the time. In fact, a little pushing to see how far the rules stretch is a healthy endeavor for your child. There are times, however, when you need your child to do as you ask and ...
Parents' Magazine, 2003
8
Guiding The Family: Practical Counseling Techniques
Young children can keep their parents busy for hours by refusing to dress or by dawdling in the process. Parents coax, scold, promise a reward if the child is dressed within a given time, and finally end up dressing the child themselves.
Bernice Bronia Grunwald, Harold McAbee, 2013
9
How to Discipline with Love: From Crib to College
I suspect from your question that she is somehow "getting to you" by her dawdling . If that is so, you are breaking The Law of the Soggy Potato Chip and rewarding her for her dawdling by giving her negative attention. Some use of negative ...
Fitzhugh Dodson, 1978
10
General Business and Economic Understandings
Dawdling, Campbell points out, is therapeutic. In the rush of highspeed projects, there are times, more frequently needed than we realize, when people ought to dawdle, to forget about doing, and just “be.” There are times, especially when ...
Louis C. Nanassy, Charles Fancher, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAWDLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dawdling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Handle dawdling without getting frustrated
Sound familiar? It is hard not to get frustrated when you are trying to get everyone out the door, on to the next activity or ready for bed. It is even ... «Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
A savior, not a hero
I have three small children, and I know what dawdling looks like. My kids will intend to go somewhere—say, to the car—and there will be no ... «The Christian Century, Jul 15»
3
Namibia: A unique snapshot of German colonial Africa
It was like a small Bavarian town in high summer, bustling with tourists dawdling with ice creams. Shops close between 1pm and 3pm, but most ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?
For instance, a teacher might see a challenging child dawdling on a worksheet and assume he's being defiant, when in fact the kid is just hungry. A snack solves ... «Mother Jones, Jul 15»
5
The Ashes: Will we see a new, attacking England?
Cook has found fine form yet remains a dawdling batsman who rarely dominates bowlers. His new opening partner Adam Lyth is known as a ... «The Roar, Jul 15»
6
Council votes 5-4 to spend $3.13M on Veiner Centre
“I'm tired of dawdling. Let's solve this today.” Councillors Celina Symmonds and Jamie McIntosh said they preferred to spend the smaller ... «Medicine Hat News, Jul 15»
7
Politeness I'd Truly Like to See
Likewise, using turn lanes correctly and using the left lane for passing as opposed to dawdling on the highway would be a blessing to drivers ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
It's on! Giant Japanese, American robots to battle for robo-supremacy
For anyone wondering when the future was going to stop dawdling and get here already, take heart: in July of 2016, a gigantic Japanese battle ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
9
NUFC Have Nowt To Consider
We all know the reasons why the club are dawdling on and it's all to do with them making as much profit as they can or at least get away with ... «Vitalfootball, Jul 15»
10
Greg Rutherford 'jumps like a doughnut' at British Championships
With the athletes dawdling at halfway, Muir decided to attack from the front and finished 30m clear of Weightman, with Jessica Judd third. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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