See dawdle in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:
dally, delay, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one's feet (or heels), mark time, take one's time. See fastTo pass (time) without working or in avoiding work.
Also used with away: fiddle away, idle (away), kill1, trifle away, waste, while (away), wile (away). See industrious
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