Verb: procrastinate pru'kra-stu,neyt or prow'kra-stu,neyt
- Postpone doing what one should be doing
"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days";
- stall, drag one's feet [informal], drag one's heels [informal], shillyshally [informal], dilly-dally [informal], dillydally [informal], shilly-shally [informal]
- Postpone or delay needlessly
"He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
Derived forms: procrastinated, procrastinates, procrastinating
Type of: defer, delay, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put back, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Procrastinate