dilly-dally

dil·ly-dal·ly

 (dĭl′ē-dăl′ē)

intr.v. dil·ly-dal·lied, dil·ly-dal·lying, dil·ly-dal·lies

To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate.

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[Reduplication of dally.]

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dil′ly-dal′li·er n.

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dilly-dally

(ˌdɪlɪˈdælɪ)

vb, -lies, -lying or -lied

(intr) informal to loiter or vacillate

[C17: by reduplication from dally]

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dilly-dally

Past participle: dilly-dallied
Gerund: dilly-dallying

Imperative

dilly-dally

dilly-dally

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

dilly-dally - postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall, shillyshally delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" procrastinate - postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

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dilly-dally

verb

To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:

dally, dawdle, delay, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail.

Idioms: drag one's feet, mark time, take one's time.

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Translations

dilly-dally

[ˈdɪlɪdælɪ] VI

1. (= loiter) → entretenerse, demorarse

2. (= hesitate) → andarse con titubeos

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dilly-dally

[ˌdɪliˈdæli] vi → traînasser, lambiner

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dilly-dally

vi (over work etc) → trödeln; (when walking also) → bummeln; without dilly-dallying → ohne zu trödeln/bummeln; no dilly-dallying! → ein bisschen dalli!

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dilly-dally

[ˈdɪlɪˌdælɪ] vi (fam) → gingillarsi

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dilly-dally

(diliˈdӕli) verb

to waste time especially by stopping often. She's always dilly-dallying on the way to school. draai, talm يَتَسَكَّعُ في الشَّوارِع колебая се vaguear loudat se herumtrödeln slentre afsted χασομερώ entretenerse aega viitma وقت تلف کردن vetelehtiä traîner לִדחוֹת, “לְהִתמַזמֵז” हिचकिचाहट में समय खराब करना tratiti vrijeme, oklijevati piszmog; habozik membuang-buang waktu hangsa, slæpast indugiare, perdere tempo ぐずぐずする 꾸물거리다 gaišuoti kavēties; niekoties berlengah-lengah treuzelen drive, slentre; dille og dallemarudzić وخت تیرول vadiar a-şi pierde vremea мешкать túlať sa obirati se oklevati [gå och] söla เสียเวลาในการตัดสินใจ oyalanmak, sallanmak 磨蹭 тинятися; баритися بیکار میں وقت گنوانا la cà 磨蹭

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