Dally

[dal·ly]

Dally means “to waste time.” When you dally, you will cause a delay because of your dawdling.

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To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

Verb
consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

Verb
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

Verb
waste time; "Get busy--don''t dally!"

Verb
behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl''s affection"

v. i.
To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

v. i.
To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.

v. t.
To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

Dally

Dal"ly , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying.] [OE. alien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.] 1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer.

We have put off God, and dallied with his grace.

2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.

Not dallying with a brace of courtesans.

Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind.

Dally

Dal"ly, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

Dallying off the time with often skirmishes.

To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

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