ankle vs dawdle

ankle

verb
  • To walk. 

  • To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. 

noun
  • The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint. 

dawdle

verb
  • To move or walk lackadaisically. 

  • To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time. 

  • Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose. 

noun
  • An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling. 

  • Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”) 

  • An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey. 

How often have the words ankle and dawdle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )