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Definition of Dally
1. Verb. Behave carelessly or indifferently. "Play about with a young girl's affection"
Exact synonyms: Flirt, Play, Toy
Related verbs: Play, Trifle
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Derivative terms: Dalliance, Flirting, Toying
Related verbs: Play, Trifle
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Derivative terms: Dalliance, Flirting, Toying
2. Verb. Waste time. "Get busy--don't dally!"
Exact synonyms: Dawdle
Generic synonyms: Act, Behave, Do
Derivative terms: Dalliance, Dallier, Dawdler, Dawdling
Generic synonyms: Act, Behave, Do
Derivative terms: Dalliance, Dallier, Dawdler, Dawdling
3. Verb. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. "Sam wants to dally with Sue "; "My husband never flirts with other women"
Exact synonyms: Butterfly, Chat Up, Coquet, Coquette, Flirt, Mash, Philander, Romance
Generic synonyms: Speak, Talk
Specialized synonyms: Wanton, Vamp
Derivative terms: Coquetry, Coquette, Dalliance, Flirt, Flirt, Flirtation, Flirting, Masher, Romance, Romance
Generic synonyms: Speak, Talk
Specialized synonyms: Wanton, Vamp
Derivative terms: Coquetry, Coquette, Dalliance, Flirt, Flirt, Flirtation, Flirting, Masher, Romance, Romance
4. Verb. Consider not very seriously. "Sam wants to dally with Sue "; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
Exact synonyms: Play, Trifle
Generic synonyms: Consider, Deal, Look At, Take
Related verbs: Flirt, Play, Toy
Generic synonyms: Consider, Deal, Look At, Take
Related verbs: Flirt, Play, Toy
Definition of Dally
1. v. i. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
2. v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
Definition of Dally
1. to waste time [v -LIED, -LYING, -LIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dally
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