dawdling

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dawdling

noun dawdlings

gerund gerund of dawdle: the act of one who dawdles. Buckingham might have mimicked the pedantry of his manners, and Coventry have complained of his interminable dawdlings and delays.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of dawdle

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@misc{dawdling_2026,
  title = {dawdling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dawdling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}