Usually means: Wastes time; moves slowly, idly.
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  1. dawdles: Merriam-Webster
  2. dawdles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dawdles: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dawdles, dawdles: Wordnik
  5. dawdles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dawdles: Wiktionary
  7. dawdles: Dictionary.com
  8. dawdles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. dawdles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dawdle)

verb:  (transitive) Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
verb:  To move or walk lackadaisically.
noun:  An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.
noun:  An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey.
noun:  Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”)
noun:  Alternative spelling of doddle (“a job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple”) [(UK, Ireland, informal) A job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple.]
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