Dawdle is a verb meaning "to waste time by being slow"
"Don't dawdle or you're going to miss your bus!"
"Jennifer dawdled along the beach for hours."
She always arrives late because she tends to dawdle while getting ready in the mornings.
Don't dawdle around or you will be late for work.
Stop dawdling and hurry up, we're going to be late for the meeting.
It's relaxing to dawdle in the shower, but it wastes water.
Dawdling dogs dawdle delightfully.
Dawdle is to take ones time; proceed slowly.
Dawdle is to waste time, idle, loiter, to move slowly, or saunter.
Dawdle means walk slowly. It is not an antonym of fair.
To dawdle means to delay. You could say they were wasting time. You could also say they were dragging things out. Another word that means dawdle is idle.
waddle
dawdle, trickle
The cast of The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey - 1996 includes: David Jason as Rola Polar Bear Josie Lawrence as Dawdle Gary Martin as Narrator Andy Turvey as Archie