dally with an idea

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• dally with an idea — v. have fun with an idea; get busy with an idea …   English contemporary dictionary

• 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 — 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 — dal|ly [ˈdæli] v past tense and past participle dallied present participle dallying third person singular dallies [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: dalier] to waste time, or do something very slowly ▪ Don t dally along the way! We haven t …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• play with — 1. To play in the company of, or as partner or opponent to 2. To dally with 3. To stimulate (the genitals of), to masturbate (oneself or someone else) • • • Main Entry: ↑play * * * play with [phrasal verb] play with (something) 1 : to move or… …   Useful english dictionary

• Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) — Once More, with Feeling Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Once More, with Feeling intertitle …   Wikipedia

• toy with — Synonyms and related words: be abstracted, be innocent of, brood, chew the cud, consider, contemplate, coquet, coquet with, dabble, dally, debate, deliberate, digest, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool …   Moby Thesaurus

• coquet — [kō ket′] vi. coquetted, coquetting [Fr coqueter, to flirt, lit., to strut like a rooster < coquet, dim. of coq, a rooster: see COCK1] 1. to behave as a coquette; flirt 2. to trifle or dally (with an idea, offer, etc.) adj. coquettish SYN.… …   English World dictionary

• trifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bagatelle, nothing, triviality; gewgaw, trinket, knickknack, gimcrack; particle, bit, morsel, trace. See littleness, unimportance. v. i. toy, play, dally, fool. See neglect. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …   English dictionary for students

• trifle — [trī′fəl] n. [ME < OFr trufle, mockery, dim. of truffe, deception] 1. something of little value or importance; trivial thing, idea, etc.; paltry matter 2. a small amount of money 3. a small amount or degree; bit 4. esp. in England, a dessert… …   English World dictionary