dawdle vs streak

dawdle

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

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

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

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

  • To move or walk lackadaisically. 

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

streak

noun
  • The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area. 

  • The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain. 

  • An irregular line left from smearing or motion. 

  • A strake. 

  • A continuous series of like events. 

  • A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella. 

  • A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one. 

  • A rung or round of a ladder. 

verb
  • To have or obtain streaks. 

  • To create streaks. 

  • To run naked in public. (Contrast flash) 

  • To move very swiftly. 

  • To run quickly. 

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