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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dally \dal"ly\ da^l"ly^, v. i. imp. p. p. dallied
da^l"li^d; p. pr. vb. n. dallying. oe. dalien,
dailien; cf. icel. pylja to talk, g. dallen, dalen, dahlen,
to trifle, talk nonsense, osw. tule a droll or funny man; or
as. dol foolish, e. dull.
1. to waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in
idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to
tarry; to trifle.
1913 webster
we have trifled too long already; it is madness to
dally any longer. --calamy.
1913 webster
we have put off god, and dallied with his grace.
--barrow.
1913 webster
2. to interchange caresses, especially with one of the
opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
1913 webster
not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --shak.
1913 webster
our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
dallied dallying
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dallied
see dally
see also:
dally
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dally
v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "play about with a young
girl's affection" syn: toy, play, flirt
2: waste time; "get busy--don't dally" syn: dawdle
3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "the
guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "my
husband never flirts with other women" syn: chat up, flirt,
butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander,
mash
4: consider not very seriously; "he is trifling with her"; "she
plays with the thought of moving to tasmania" syn: trifle,
play
also: dallied
see also:
toy play flirt dawdle chat up butterfly
coquet coquette romance philander mash
trifle dallied
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