verb form V tʿwwq tEw~q تعوّق Bookmark Bookmarked Share 1.He became hindered, prevented, impeded, withheld, turned back or away, retarded, or diverted by being occupied otherwise; [عَنْ أَمْرٍ from an affair;] synonym تَثَبَّطَ. (S, O, K.)2. -A2- تعوّقهُ: see 1, first sentence.