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dally

verb

1 dally

Behave carelessly or indifferently.

synonyms: flirt, play, toy.

Roget 840: amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, ... show more

Dutch: spelen

2 dally

Waste time:
— Get busy--don't dally!.

synonym: dawdle.

Roget 683: be inactive etc. adj.; do nothing etc. 681; move slowly etc. 275; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, ... show more

Roget 133: be late etc. adj.; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle etc. (be inactive) 683; linger, loiter; ... show more

3 dally

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.

synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance.

Roget 902: caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cocker, ... show more

Dutch: flirten, koketteren, sjansen

4 dally

Consider not very seriously.

synonyms: play, trifle.


Moby thesaurus: abide, await, bide, bide the issue, bill and coo, caress, copulate, coquet, cosset, cuddle, dabble, dally away, dandle, dawdle, delay, diddle, diddle away, dillydally, doodle, drag ... show more.

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