dilly-dally
11dilly-dally — in. to waste time. □ Stop dillydallying around. □ I like to dilly dally over a cup of coffee …
12dilly-dally — verb (dilly dallies, dilly dallying, dilly dallied) informal dawdle or vacillate. Origin C17: reduplication of dally …
13dilly-dally — dil·ly dal·ly (dĭlʹē dăl ē) intr.v. dil·ly dal·lied, dil·ly dal·lying, dil·ly dal·lies To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate. [Reduplication of dally.] dilʹly dal li·er n. * * * …
14dilly-dally — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dally, dawdle, delay, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one s feet (or heels), mark time, take one s time. See FAST …
15dilly-dally — v.intr. ( ies, ied) colloq. 1 dawdle, loiter. 2 vacillate. Etymology: redupl. of DALLY …
16dilly-dally — verb to dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate …
17Dilly Dally — someone that takes time to go somewhere …
18dilly dally — Australian Slang someone that takes time to go somewhere …
19dilly-dally — dil|ly dal|ly [ ,dıli dæli ] verb intransitive INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED to waste time …
20dilly dally — v. (Slang) stall, procrastinate, put off until a later time; dawdle, waste time, loiter …