diddle-daddle

VERB

dawdle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

laze loiter mosey procrastinate saunter

STRONG

amble dally dilly-dally drag idle lag loaf loll lounge poke stay stroll tarry toddle trifle wait

WEAK

bum around fool around fritter away get no place fast goof off hang around hang out lazy put off scrounge around shlep along sit around sit on one's butt warm a chair

Antonyms

STRONG

run rush

WEAK

hasten hurry push speed

Example Sentences

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We've got more genius in one of our little fingers than there is in the whole of that wagonette-load of diddle-daddle and fiddle-faddle and giggles.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

If I’m not as honey-mouthed as some, that’s because I’ve got more sense than to diddle-daddle my time away in words when there’s so much to do.

From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

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