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dally

[dal-ee]

verb (used without object)

dallied, dallying 
  1. to waste time; loiter; delay.

  2. to act playfully, especially in an amorous or flirtatious way.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. to play mockingly; trifle.

    to dally with danger.

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verb (used with object)

dallied, dallying 
  1. to waste (time) (usually followed byaway ).

dally

/ ˈæɪ /

verb

  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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dallier noun
  • dallyingly adverb
  • undallying adjective
  • ˈ岹 noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dally1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English dalien from Anglo-French dalier “to chat,” of uncertain origin
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dally1

C14: from Anglo-French dalier to gossip, of uncertain origin
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Synonym Study

See loiter.
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Example Sentences

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I have been dallying and making a gluten-free french toast with some nice seeds, vanilla, cinnamon and berries.

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He must surely know by now - but this needless dallying around the edge of the subject is now becoming faintly farcical.

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Having no wish to dally, he continued steadily northward.

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Rabbi Matondo then spurned a big chance to double Rangers' lead on the brink of half-time, dallying on the ball and allowing Atkinson to get back and block the shot.

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Arsenal went into half-time with 15 attempts at goal, of which only three were on target, and the second half started with Odegaard dallying on another chance.

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