Definition of dawdles:
(v) :
(intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
(v) :
(transitive) Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.
(v) :
(intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.
(n) :
An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.
(n) :
An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey.
(n) :
Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”).