dawdle vs hotfoot

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. 

hotfoot

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

noun
  • The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. 

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

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