dally

dal·ly  (dl)

v. dal·lied, dal·ly·ing, dal·lies

v.intr.

1. To play amorously; flirt: "Sylvester dallied about Lena until he began to make mistakes in his work" Willa Cather. See Synonyms at flirt.

2. To trifle; toy.

3. To waste time; dawdle.

v.tr.

To waste (time).

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[Middle English dalien, from Old French dalier.]

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dalli·er n.

dally·ing·ly adv.

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dally

Verb

[-lies, -lying, -lied]

1. Old-fashioned to waste time or dawdle

2. dally with to deal frivolously with: to dally with someone's affections [Anglo-French dalier to gossip]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dally - behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" toy, flirt, play trifle, dally, play - consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	2.	dally - waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" dawdle behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
	3.	dally - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance, butterfly talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" wanton - engage in amorous play vamp - act seductively with (someone)
	4.	dally - consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" trifle, play look at, deal, consider, take - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" dally, toy, flirt, play - behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"

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dally

verb waste time, delay, fool (about or around), linger, hang about, loiter, while away, dawdle, fritter away, procrastinate, tarry, dilly-dally (informal) drag your feet or heels << OPPOSITE hurry (up)

dally with someone flirt with, tease, lead on, toy with, play around with, fool (about or around) with, trifle with, play fast and loose with (informal) frivol with (informal)

Translations

dally [ˈdælɪ] vi → entretenerse

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dally [ˈdælɪ] vi → musarder, flâner

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dally [ˈdælɪ] vi → (herum)trödeln;

to dally with (plan, idea) → spielen mit

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dally [ˈdælɪ] vi → trastullarsi