Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dawdle \Daw"dle\ (d[add]"d'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawdled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Dawdling}.] [Cf. {Daddle}.]
   To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

         Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with
         me.                                      --Johnson.

         We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall.   --Thackeray.

Dawdle \Daw"dle\, v. t.
   To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.

Dawdle \Daw"dle\, n.
   A dawdler. --Colman & Carrick.

Source : WordNet®

dawdle
     v 1: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: {linger}] [ant: {rush}]
     2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: {dally}]
     3: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress,
        development, etc. [syn: {lag}, {fall back}, {fall behind}]