'shillyshally' definitions:

The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time [syn: procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally]

Be uncertain and vague

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]