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dally (verb)

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  • dally — ► VERB (dallies, dallied) 1) act or move slowly. 2) (dally with) have a casual sexual liaison with. 3) (dally with) show a casual interest in. DERIVATIVES dalliance noun …   English terms dictionary

  • dally — verb (I) old fashioned to waste time, or do something very slowly: Don t dally along the way! dally with sb/sth phrasal verb (T) 1 to think about something but not in a very serious way: They d dallied with the idea of going on a world tour many… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • dally — verb 1) don t dally on the way to work Syn: dawdle, delay, loiter, linger, waste time; lag, trail, straggle, fall behind; amble, meander, drift; informal dilly dally; archaic tarry See note at loiter …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • dally — verb (dallies, dallying, dallied) 1》 act or move slowly. 2》 (dally with) have a casual romantic or sexual relationship with.     ↘show a casual interest in. Origin ME: from OFr. dalier to chat …   English new terms dictionary

  • dally — dal|ly [ dæli ] verb intransitive OLD FASHIONED to be very slow in doing something dally with phrasal verb transitive 1. ) dally with someone OLD FASHIONED to have a short sexual relationship with someone 2. ) dally with something to consider an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • dally with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms dally with : present tense I/you/we/they dally with he/she/it dallies with present participle dallying with past tense dallied with past participle dallied with 1) dally with something to consider an idea or… …   English dictionary

  • dally — /ˈdæli / (say dalee) verb (i) (dallied, dallying) 1. to sport or play, especially amorously. 2. to waste time; loiter; delay. –phrase 3. dally away, to let pass in idleness: to dally the hours away. 4. dally with, to play mockingly with; trifle… …  

  • dally — [[t]dæ̱li[/t]] dallies, dallying, dallied 1) VERB If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time. [OLD FASHIONED] The bureaucrats dallied too long... [V over n/ ing] He did not dally over the choice of a suitable partner. [Also V with n] …   English dictionary

  • dally — UK [ˈdælɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms dally : present tense I/you/we/they dally he/she/it dallies present participle dallying past tense dallied past participle dallied old fashioned to be very slow in doing something Phrasal verbs:… …   English dictionary

  • dally — 1. verb /ˈdælɪ,ˈdæli/ a) To waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle. The end of the top rope he dallied around the gooseneck trailer hitch. b) To interchange caresses, especially of a sexual nature; to use fondling; to… …   Wiktionary

  • dally — intransitive verb (dallied; dallying) Etymology: Middle English dalyen, from Anglo French dalier Date: 15th century 1. a. to act playfully; especially to play amorously b. to deal lightly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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