dallying (verb)

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• carry the message to Garcia — verb a) To perform a requisite task despite obstacles. ... its demand being for men who could face difficult decisions and achieve results, who could carry the message to Garcia without delay or dallying. b) To perform a requisite task without… …   Wiktionary

• 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

• dilly-dally — verb (dilly dallies, dilly dallying, dilly dallied) informal dawdle or vacillate. Origin C17: reduplication of dally …   English new terms dictionary

• 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 — 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

• delay — I. noun Date: 13th century 1. a. the act of delaying ; the state of being delayed < get started without delay > b. an instance of being delayed 2. the time during which something is delayed < a delay of 30 minutes > II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• trifle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English trufle, trifle, from Anglo French trufle, triffle fraud, trick, nonsense Date: 14th century 1. something of little value, substance, or importance 2. a dessert typically consisting of plain or sponge cake often… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 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

• 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

• delay — 1. verb 1) we were delayed by the traffic Syn: detain, hold up, make late, slow up/down, bog down; hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct 2) they delayed no longer Syn: linger, dally …   Thesaurus of popular words

• 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