Procrastinate

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procrastinate [verb]

to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring

US /proʊˈkræs.tə.neɪt/ 
UK /prəˈkræs.tɪ.neɪt/ 
Example: 

I know I've got to deal with the problem at some point - I'm just procrastinating.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

procrastinate

procrastinate /prəˈkræstəneɪt, prəˈkræstɪneɪt/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of procrastinare, from cras 'tomorrow']
formal to delay doing something that you ought to do, usually because you do not want to do it SYN put off:
People often procrastinate when it comes to paperwork.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

procrastinate

pro·cras·tin·ate [procrastinate procrastinates procrastinated procrastinating]   [prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt]    [proʊˈkræstɪneɪt]  verb intransitive (formal, disapproving)
to delay doing sth that you should do, usually because you do not want to do it
People were dying of starvation while governments procrastinated.
Derived Word: procrastination
 
Word Origin:

late 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat- ‘deferred till the morning’, from the verb procrastinare, from pro- ‘forward’ + crastinus ‘belonging to tomorrow’ (from cras ‘tomorrow’).

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

procrastinate / prəˈkræs.tɪ.neɪt /   / proʊ- / verb [ I ]

to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring:

I know I've got to deal with the problem at some point - I'm just procrastinating.

 

procrastination / -ˌkræs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃ ə n / noun [ U ]

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

procrastinate

[proʊkræ̱stɪneɪt]
 procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastinated
 VERB

 If you procrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them. [FORMAL]
  Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.
 Syn:
 stall
  Derived words:
  procrastination [proʊkræ̱stɪne͟ɪʃ(ə)n] N-UNCOUNT He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

procrastinate

pro·cras·ti·nate /prəˈkræstəˌneɪt/ verb -nates; -nat·ed; -nat·ing [no obj] : to be slow or late about doing something that should be done : to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.
• He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline.
• He told her to stop procrastinating and get to work.
- pro·cras·ti·na·tion /prəˌkræstəˈneɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
• She is not prone to procrastination.
- pro·cras·ti·na·tor /prəˈkræstəneɪtɚ/ noun, pl -tors [count]
• Some people are procrastinators when it comes to paying their bills.