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dawdler

/ˈdɔːd(ə)lə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdɔːd(ə)lə/
dawdler
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

daw - dler -> dawdler

Myanmar meaning

(n) အချိန်ဖြုန်းသူ။

Full entry

dawdle / 'dↄ:dl / v

(က) အချိန်ဆွဲသည်။ နှေးကန်သည်။
Stop dawdling and hurry up—we're late. ❍ She doesn't get her work done because she's always dawdling. ❍ We dawdled over our meal for two or three hours.
(ခ) ဖြည်းနှေး အေးဆေးစွာ သွားသည်။
We dawdled (along/back/on) towards the city centre.

More examples
  • dawdle / 'dↄ:dl / v (က) အချိန်ဆွဲသည်။ နှေးကန်သည်။ Stop dawdling and hurry up—we're late.
  • She doesn't get her work done because she's always dawdling.
  • We dawdled over our meal for two or three hours. (ခ) ဖြည်းနှေး အေးဆေးစွာ သွားသည်။ We dawdled (along/back/on) towards the city centre.
Synonyms
waste time, hang around, hang about, dally, loiter, delay, plod, linger, amble, bum around, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fall behind, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang out, idle, kill time, lag, lag behind, laze, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, mosey, poke, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shilly-shally, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair
Antonyms
do, forward, go, hasten, hurry, push, run, rush, speed
Cross references
waste timehang aroundhang aboutdallyloiterdelayplodlingeramblebum arounddiddle-daddledilly-dallydragfall behindfool aroundfritter awayget no place fastgoof offhang outidlekill timelaglag behindlazelazyloaflolllounge
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