dawdling

dawdling

English

Etymology

From dawdle +‎ -ing.

Noun

dawdling (plural dawdlings)

1. gerund of dawdle: the act of one who dawdles.
   • 1839, The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal

     Buckingham might have mimicked the pedantry of his manners, and Coventry have complained of his interminable dawdlings and delays.

   • 1909, E.M. Forster, chapter I, in The Machine Stops:

     ‘Kuno, how slow you are.’ He smiled gravely. ‘I really believe you enjoy dawdling’.

Verb

dawdling

1. present participle of dawdle

Anagrams

• waddling