'Dallying' definitions:
Definition of 'Dallying'
From: GCIDE
- Dally \Dal"ly\ (d[a^]l"l[y^]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied (d[a^]l"l[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying.] [OE. dalien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]
- 1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. [1913 Webster]
- We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. --Calamy. [1913 Webster]
- We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport. [1913 Webster]
- Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dallying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backward,
- coquetry,
- dabbling,
- dalliance,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- dragging,
- easygoing,
- fiddling,
- flirtation,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- foot-dragging,
- goofing off,
- idling,
- jerking off,
- kidding around,
- lackadaisical,
- lag,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- lax,
- lazing,
- lazy,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- loitering,
- lolling,
- lollygagging,
- lounging,
- messing around,
- Micawberish,
- monkeying,
- monkeying around,
- mopery,
- piddling,
- playing,
- playing around,
- pottering,
- procrastinating,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- puttering,
- remiss,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- smattering,
- tarriance,
- tarrying,
- tinkering,
- toying,
- trifling,
- waiting