verb
- to dawdle, loiter, or waste time; to move slowly or reluctantly
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; informal
Examples
- Don't jauk about—we need to leave in five minutes.
- He jauked along the path, stopping to look at every flower.
- Stop jauking and get your work done.
- The children were jauking in the schoolyard instead of going inside.
- She jauked over her breakfast, making everyone late.