dally

Definition of Dally in English :

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Verb

1. dally, flirt, play, toy

behave carelessly or indifferently

Example Sentences:
'Play about with a young girl's affection'

2. dally, dawdle

waste time

Example Sentences:
'Get busy--don't dally!'

dawdle

3. butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Example Sentences:
'The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries'
'My husband never flirts with other women'

4. dally, play, trifle

consider not very seriously

Example Sentences:
'He is trifling with her'
'She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania'

play
trifle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dally

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verb -lies, -lying or -lied (intransitive)

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

Dally

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈdallied or ˈdallying

1.

to flirt; play at love

2.

to deal lightly or carelessly (with); trifle; toy

3.

to waste time; loiter

Dally

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v. dal·lied, dal·ly·ing, dal·lies

v.intr.

1. To play amorously; flirt: My friend dallied with my cousin during the picnic.

2. To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy. See Synonyms at flirt.

3. To dawdle, delay, or linger: Don't dally or we'll miss the train.

v.tr.

To spend (time) idly: dally away the afternoon.

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