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dawdling definition
dawdling |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dawdle 1 of 3 senses of dawdle Sense 3 lag, dawdle, fall back fall behind => drag, trail, get behind, hang back drop behind Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dawdle 1 of 3 senses of dawdle Sense 3 lag, dawdle, fall back fall behind => drag, trail, get behind, hang back drop behind Entailment of verb dawdle Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb dawdle 3 senses of dawdle Sense 1 linger, dawdle => move Sense 2 dally, dawdle => act behave, do Sense 3 lag, dawdle, fall back fall behind => follow Familiarity of verb dawdle dawdle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dawdle Sense 1 linger, dawdle => move -------------- Sense 2 dally, dawdle => act behave, do -------------- Sense 3 lag, dawdle, fall back fall behind => follow -------------- Grep of noun dawdling dawdling Overview of noun dawdling The noun dawdling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dalliance, dawdling, trifling, wasting time -- (the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working) Overview of verb dawdle The verb dawdle has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. linger, dawdle -- (take one's time; proceed slowly) 2. dally, dawdle -- (waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!") 3. lag, dawdle, fall back fall behind -- (hang back or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.) Overview of adj dawdling The adj dawdling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey -- (wasting time) Antonyms of adj dawdling 1 sense of dawdling Sense 1 dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey INDIRECT (VIA slow) -> fast Similarity of adj dawdling 1 sense of dawdling Sense 1 dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey => slow (vs. fast) Attributes of adj dawdling Familiarity of adj dawdling dawdling used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj dawdling dawdling Overview of noun dawdling The noun dawdling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dalliance, dawdling, trifling, wasting time -- (the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working) Overview of verb dawdle The verb dawdle has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. linger, dawdle -- (take one's time; proceed slowly) 2. dally, dawdle -- (waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!") 3. lag, dawdle, fall back fall behind -- (hang back or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.) Overview of adj dawdling The adj dawdling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey -- (wasting time)
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