dilly-dallied

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• dilly-dally — ► VERB (dilly dallies, dilly dallied) informal ▪ dawdle or vacillate. ORIGIN reduplication of DALLY(Cf. ↑dally) …   English terms dictionary

• dilly-dally — UK [ˈdɪlɪ ˌdælɪ] / US [ˌdɪlɪˈdælɪ] verb [intransitive] Word forms dilly dally : present tense I/you/we/they dilly dally he/she/it dilly dallies present participle dilly dallying past tense dilly dallied past participle dilly dallied informal old… …   English dictionary

• dilly-dally — dil|ly dal|ly [ˈdıli ˌdæli] v past tense and past participle dilly dallied present participle dilly dallying third person singular dilly dallies [I] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: dally] to waste time, because you cannot decide about something ▪ Don t …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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

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• 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

• loiter — verb 1) he loitered at bus stops Syn: linger, wait, skulk; loaf, lounge, idle, laze, waste time, lollygag; informal hang around; archaic tarry 2) they loitered along the river bank Syn: dawdle, dally …   Thesaurus of popular words