Definition of "dawdled" [dawdled]

• Simple past tense and past participle of dawdle. (verb)

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• "In his mind was a picture of a girl whom he had "dawdled" on his knee -- a "kid" that he had played with, as a brother might have played with a younger sister."
• "The army was falling apart while Washington dawdled."
• "Last year, Congress debated, dawdled and dithered."