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Definitions for: Dally
[v] consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
[v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
[v] waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
[v] behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
Webster (1913) Definition: Dal"ly, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dallying.] [OE. ?alien, 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.
We have trifled too long already; it is madness to
dally any longer. --Calamy.
We have put off God, and dallied with his grace.
--Barrow.
2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the
opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak.
Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak.
Dal"ly, v. t.
To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. --Knolles.
Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dawdle, flirt, flirt, mash, philander, play, play, romance, toy, trifle
See Also: act, act, behave, consider, deal, do, look at, move, speak, take, talk, vamp, wanton
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