English to French Meaning of dawdle - lambiner

Dawdle :

lambiner

verb

salon, lambiner, tourner au ralenti

Dawdle :: lambinerDawdled :: traînasséDawdles :: lambineDawdling :: flânerie

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Definitions of dawdle in English

Verb(1) take one's time; proceed slowly(2) waste time(3) hang (back, behind

Examples of dawdle in English

(1) It was quite funny coming back - Clare, Sandra and I decided to dawdle back to the History Room, so went along the Middle Corridor, and stood there waving to people on the Art Room balcony.(2) There's not much to do here but fish, dive, watch the sun sizzle down into the Indian Ocean and to dawdle your bicycle along the island's one path.(3) Don't dawdle - questions must reach us by next Wednesday.(4) For a couple of the hottest nights we slept up on deck, too, watching the satellites dawdle across the Milky Way(5) I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer(6) You may not be a hard pusher for one of your shortcomings may be that you dawdle a bit.(7) One thing that made her furious was that she could never afford to dawdle or look uncertain when she was in public.(8) Led by a fully qualified fitness instructor, there's no time for dawdling around the centre and doing a little window shopping.(9) Actually we dawdled through Dulwich Village and then hurried to the Park just as it was closing.(10) On Sunday, two boys and two girls were mixing with the general gathering - window-shoppers, dawdlers , and so on - carrying signboards that said, ├ö├ç├┐crazy sales├ö├ç├û.(11) American hard rockers Amen have been quiet in the UK but have signed a major deal in the States and the shambolic Alfie are still dawdling along albeit somewhat aimlessly.(12) They dawdled and were successful in wasting the whole period in taking a single picture each.(13) I've seen plenty of them, dawdling down the footpath, checking out the gardens, smiling away at everyone.(14) Rail chiefs say the whistle is so loud it makes passengers hurry onto trains rather than dawdling along the platform - and makes trains stick to timetables.(15) Are you dawdling , putting off doing the things that would help you move closer to the end result?(16) It shouldn't have taken us too long, but somehow we were slow, and we dawdled , and chatted, and I realised quite suddenly that we were going to be late.

Synonyms

Verb

1. linger ::

traîner

2. amble ::

amble

3. dally ::

badiner

4. fall back ::

se retirer

Antonyms

1. barrel ::

baril

2. bolt ::

boulon

3. career ::

carrière

4. course ::

cours

5. dash ::

tiret

6. fly ::

mouche

7. hasten ::

accélérer

8. hurry ::

se dépêcher

9. race ::

course

10. rip ::

déchirure

11. rocket ::

fusée

12. run ::

courir

13. rush ::

se ruer

14. scoot ::

filer

15. scud ::

courir à toute allure

16. scurry ::

se précipiter

Different Forms

dawdle, dawdled, dawdles, dawdling

Word Example from TV Shows

Don't DAWDLE. You've got my interest piqued.

Westworld Season 3, Episode 8

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