DAWDLING Synonyms

• insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

• the act of tarrying

• a tactic used to mislead or delay

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• waste time

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• consider not very seriously

• time during which some action is awaited

• the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

• cause to be slowed down or delayed

• act later than planned, scheduled, or required

• stop or halt

• slow the growth or development of

• postpone doing what one should be doing

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• postpone doing what one should be doing

• postpone or delay needlessly

• a careless leisurely gait

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

• walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• waste time

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• consider not very seriously

• the act of slowing down or falling behind

• the time between one event, process, or period and another

• one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

• throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

• cover with lagging to prevent heat loss

• remain present although waning or gradually dying

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

• fall backwards and down

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

• move back and away from

• retreat

• have recourse to

• go back to bad behavior

• retreat

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.