postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
If you procrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them. Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do. + procrastination pro·cras·ti·na·tion He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms. to delay doing something that you ought to do, usually because you do not want to do it = put off (past participle of procrastinare, from cras )