dallied (verb)
1dally — verb (I) old fashioned to waste time, or do something very slowly: Don t dally along the way! dally with sb/sth phrasal verb (T) 1 to think about something but not in a very serious way: They d dallied with the idea of going on a world tour many… …
2loiter — verb 1) he loitered at bus stops Syn: linger, wait, skulk; loaf, lounge, idle, laze, waste time, lollygag; informal hang around; archaic tarry 2) they loitered along the river bank Syn: dawdle, dally …
3dally — verb (dallies, dallying, dallied) 1》 act or move slowly. 2》 (dally with) have a casual romantic or sexual relationship with. ↘show a casual interest in. Origin ME: from OFr. dalier to chat …
4dilly-dally — verb (dilly dallies, dilly dallying, dilly dallied) informal dawdle or vacillate. Origin C17: reduplication of dally …
5dally — [[t]dæ̱li[/t]] dallies, dallying, dallied 1) VERB If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time. [OLD FASHIONED] The bureaucrats dallied too long... [V over n/ ing] He did not dally over the choice of a suitable partner. [Also V with n] …
6dally with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms dally with : present tense I/you/we/they dally with he/she/it dallies with present participle dallying with past tense dallied with past participle dallied with 1) dally with something to consider an idea or… …
7dal|ly — «DAL ee», verb, lied, ly|ing. –v.i. 1. to act in a playful manner: »The spring breeze dallies with the flowers. 2. to flirt (with danger, temptation, etc., or with a person); trifle: » …
8dally — UK [ˈdælɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms dally : present tense I/you/we/they dally he/she/it dallies present participle dallying past tense dallied past participle dallied old fashioned to be very slow in doing something Phrasal verbs:… …
9dilly-dally — UK [ˈdɪlɪ ˌdælɪ] / US [ˌdɪlɪˈdælɪ] verb [intransitive] Word forms dilly dally : present tense I/you/we/they dilly dally he/she/it dilly dallies present participle dilly dallying past tense dilly dallied past participle dilly dallied informal old… …
10dally — dal|ly [ dæli ] verb intransitive OLD FASHIONED to be very slow in doing something dally with phrasal verb transitive 1. ) dally with someone OLD FASHIONED to have a short sexual relationship with someone 2. ) dally with something to consider an… …
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