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Type Words
Synonyms butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance
Type of speak, talk
Has types wanton, vamp
Derivation dalliance
Type Words
Synonyms play, trifle
Type of look at, deal, consider, take
Verb group play, toy, flirt
Type Words
Synonyms dawdle
Type of act, do, behave
Derivation dalliance, dallier


Get busy--don't dally!.
Type Words
Synonyms flirt, play, toy
Type of act, move
Verb group play, trifle
Derivation dalliance

Examples of dally

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Dally is arguably Double Bay's most famous role model, in the suburb's existence.
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The main concern will be in knowing with whom to dally and who to leave alone.
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Dally arrives with news that Cherry has offered to support the boys in court.
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They did not dally at the basketball hoop lashed to a tree in front of the library.
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Now, as a wealthy man, he could dally with the even younger Mrs. Tryforos.
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Ladies and gentlemen, let's not dilly-dally around the issue of Christmas advertising.
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They don't quite go as fast as Oregon, but they don't dilly-dally between plays, either.
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Couldn't even forcefully encourage him not to dilly-dally in the pocket.
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Be proactive and do what you can to find that new he or she who'll be fun to dally with.
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More examples
  • Behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
  • Waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
  • Chat up: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
  • Consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
  • Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping; To waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle; To interchange caresses, especially of a sexual nature; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport (compare dalliance); To delay unnecessarily; to while away; ...
  • (Dallies) Sometimes known as Rushes. The screening of all takes and footage produced the previous day. Usually for reviewing by a Lead Animator, Animation Supervisor or Director.
  • To wrap the end of the rope around the saddle horn immediately after an animal is roped
  • A technique used in roping where the rope is wound around the saddle horn and relies on friction from the first roping as a method to secure it (opposed to hard-and-fast roping).
  • Executive zigzag movements on wheels (2) or on foot