dawdling

Etymology

From dawdle + -ing.

noun

  1. gerund of dawdle: the act of one who dawdles.
    Buckingham might have mimicked the pedantry of his manners, and Coventry have complained of his interminable dawdlings and delays. 1839, The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal
    ‘Kuno, how slow you are.’ He smiled gravely. ‘I really believe you enjoy dawdling’. 1909, E.M. Forster, chapter //dummy.host/index.php?title=s%3Aen%3AThe_Machine_Stops%2FChapter_I I, in The Machine Stops

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of dawdle

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