'dilly-dally' definitions:

Definition of 'dilly-dally'

From: WordNet
verb
Postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]

Definition of 'dilly-dally'

From: GCIDE
  • dilly-dally \dil"ly-dal`ly\, v. i. [See Dally.] To loiter or trifle; to waste time. [1913 Webster]