dally (redirected from dallying)

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 [ˈdælɪ]

vb -lies, -lying, -lied (intr)

1. to waste time idly; dawdle

2. (usually foll by with) to deal frivolously or lightly with; trifle; toy to dally with someone's affections

[from Anglo-French dalier to gossip, of uncertain origin]

dallier  n

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 (Old-fashioned) 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 He did not dally long over his meal.
run, hurry (up), hasten, step on it (informal), make haste, push forward or on

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) He was dallying with some floosie.

Translations

dally [ˈdælɪ] VI

1. (= dawdle) → tardar
to dally over sth → perder el tiempo con algo
see also dilly-dally

2. (= amuse o.s.) → divertirse
to dally with [+ lover] → coquetear con, tener escarceos amorosos con; [+ idea] → entretenerse con

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dally [ˈdæli] vi

(= dawdle) → musarder, flâner

(= flirt) to dally with sb → badiner amoureusement avec qn

to dally with an idea → caresser une idée

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dally

vi

(= waste time) → (herum)trödeln, bummeln; without dallying → ohne zu trödeln or bummeln

(= flirt) to dally with somebody → mit jdm schäkern; to dally with an idea → mit einem Gedanken liebäugeln

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dally [ˈdælɪ] vi (delay) → dilungarsi
to dally about → perdere tempo
to dally over sth → perdere tempo con qc

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dally [ˈdælɪ] vi (delay) → dilungarsi
to dally about → perdere tempo
to dally over sth → perdere tempo con qc

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dally

v dally [ˈdӕli]

to go etc slowly Don't dally – do hurry up! drentel, talm يَتَوانى бавя се otálet, loudat se smøle trödeln χασομερώ tardar aega viitma فس فس کردن؛ وقت تلف کردن hidastella lambiner לְבַזבֵּז זְמָן समय गंवाना, टाल-मटोल करना odugovlačiti, oklijevati időt elfecsérel bekerja secara perlahan-lahan hangsa perder tempo ぐずぐずする 꾸물거리다 delsti, gaišti laiką niekoties; nosist laiku berlengah-lengah treuzelen somle, fjase wlec się, marudzić atrasar-se a-şi pierde vremea тратить время попусту vliecť sa obirati se oklevati ชักช้า ağırdan almak, oyalanmak 閒盪，延誤 гаяти час وقت گنوانا đi chậm chạp 闲荡，延误