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(noun) Something that doesn't ever ripen but proceeds to rot.
He never gets anything accomplished even though he appears to work a lot. He's dawdle.

The white of an "over-easy" egg that remains uncooked and wiggly is dawdle.

A fruit that is purchased in unripe condition and quickly rots instead of ripening is dawdle.
dawdle by semitame September 5, 2005
To move or run at an extreme speed.
They dawdled to the finish line.
Dawdle by Mary was a Webster May 16, 2022
a subject that was argued about in an 8th grade Career Exploration class
Dave: Dawdle means someone who drives slow!
Mary: No it means, a slow person!
Mary was a Webster: Check the urban dictionary and you will see that it actually means to move extremely fast.
dawdle by Webster was a Mary June 1, 2022

del.icio.us dawdle 

Wasting time by looking at people's bookmarks on del.icio.us, usually someone you found because you've saved the same link.
danah likes to reconstruct the identity of a user from bookmarks she encounters during a del.icio.us dawdle, but it's mostly apophenia.
del.icio.us dawdle by PBMax May 1, 2008

hoodly daddle 

The moon, according to the baby boomers who allegedly landed men there in their spare time.
The hoodly daddle sure is bright tonight! You know we landed a man there when I was only in high school? What have you done millennial!
A memer in your A1 meme squad that uses a classic/legendary tier meme incorrectly.
How are you finna meme that bad dawgle?
Dawgle by mnwvv November 6, 2016
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
Word of the Day on October 7, 2026
A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
Word of the Day on October 6, 2026

trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
Word of the Day on October 5, 2026
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