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dawdle

/ˈdɔːdl/verb

उच्चारण डॉडल

समय बरबाद करते हुए धीरे-धीरे चलना या करना, सुस्ताना

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verb
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    [I] ~ (over sth)

    to take a long time to do something or go somewhere, moving slowly and wasting time

    समय बरबाद करते हुए धीरे-धीरे चलना या करना, सुस्ताना

    • Stop dawdling or we will miss the bus.
    • She dawdled over her breakfast until nine.
    • Don't dawdle on your way home from school.
    + 2 more examples
    • The children dawdled in the lane, kicking stones.
    • He dawdled for an hour before starting his homework.

    Synonyms linger loiter dilly-dally dally waste time

    Opposite hurry rush hasten speed up

◇Word family
dawdler noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

linger loiter dilly-dally dally waste time

Antonyms

hurry rush hasten speed up

AaSpelling

daw·dle

With -aw- and -dle (not 'dawdel' or 'dordle'); like doodle, which it rhymes with in sense too.

-aw- और अंत में -dle ('dawdel' या 'dordle' गलत है); doodle की तरह, जिससे अर्थ में भी तुकबंदी है।

§Grammar and usage

Keep the slow-words together: dawdle (waste time), loiter (stand about), linger (stay on), saunter (walk slowly for pleasure), amble.

धीमेपन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: dawdle (समय बरबाद करना), loiter (खड़े रहना), linger (ठहरे रहना), saunter (आनंद से धीरे चलना), amble।