Dally

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

II. Dally ·vi To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to Wanton; to Sport.

III. Dally ·vi To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to Tarry; to Trifle.

Related Words

Dilly-dally
·vi To loiter or trifle; to waste time. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to dilly-dally
To delay. A colloquial expression common in the United States. The note this verra morning shall ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.