procrastinate

About 0.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To delay taking action; to wait until later.

   He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.

2. verb To put off; to delay (something).

Similar words

dilly-dally stall delay postpone hesitate drag put off hold off defer retard

Often followed by

and in the on or about until because when

Word family

procrastinated procrastinates procrastinating procrastination procrastinations procrastinator procrastinators