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1. (v.i.) dally
to waste time; loiter; delay.
2. dally
to act playfully, esp. in an amorous or flirtatious way.
3. dally
to play mockingly; trifle:
to dally with danger.
4. (v.t.) dally
to waste (time) (usu. fol. by away).
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME dalien < AF dalier to chat, of uncert. orig.)
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1. (verb) dally, toy, play, flirt
behave carelessly or indifferently
"Play about with a young girl's affection"
2. (verb) dally, dawdle
waste time
"Get busy--don't dally!"
3. (verb) chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
4. (verb) dally, trifle, play
consider not very seriously
"He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
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| Definition of 'dally' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) dally
to waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle
2. (verb) dally
to interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport
3. (verb) dally
to delay unnecessarily; to while away
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Sense: to go etc slowly
Don't dally; – do hurry up!
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 Afrikaans: drentel, talm |
 Arabic: يَتَوانى |
 Bulgarian: бавя се |
 Brazilian: atrasar-se |
 Czech: otálet, loudat se |
 German: trödeln |
 Danish: smøle |
 Greek: χασομερώ |
 Spanish: tardar |
 Estonian: aega viitma |
 Farsi: فس فس کردن؛ وقت تلف کردن |
 Finnish: hidastella |
 French: lambiner |
 Hebrew: לְבַזבֵּז זְמָן |
 Hindi: समय गंवाना, टाल-मटोल करना |
 Croatian: odugovlačiti, oklijevati |
 Hungarian: időt elfecsérel |
 Indonesian: bekerja secara perlahan-l |
 Icelandic: hangsa |
 Italian: perder tempo |
 Japanese: ぐずぐずする |
 Korean: 꾸물거리다 |
 Lithuanian: delsti, gaišti laiką |
 Latvian: niekoties; nosist laiku |
 Malay: berlengah-lengah |
 Dutch: treuzelen |
 Norwegian: somle, fjase |
 Polish: wlec się, marudzić |
 Persian: فس فس کردن؛ وقت تلف کردن |
 Pashto: نخرې كول: خوشى عبث وخت تې |
 Portuguese: atrasar-se |
 Romanian: a-şi pierde vremea |
 Russian: тратить время попусту |
 Slovak: vliecť sa |
 Slovenian: obirati se |
 Serbian: oklevati |
 Thai: ชักช้า |
 Turkish: ağırdan almak, oyalanmak |
 Taiwanese: 閒盪，延誤 |
 Ukrainian: гаяти час |
 Urdu: وقت گنوانا |
 Vietnamese: đi chậm chạp |
 Chinese: 闲荡，延误 |
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