to take a long time to do something or go somewhere拖延；磨蹭；游荡- Stop dawdling! We're going to be late!别磨蹭了，咱们快迟到了！🔊🔊
- + adv./prep. They dawdled along by the river, laughing and talking.他们沿河边闲逛，一路谈笑风生。🔊🔊
Word Originmid 17th cent.: related to dialect daddle, doddle ‘dally’.