dallies
Meaning of dallies
- act or move slowly.
she'd dallied upstairs long enough to put on a little make-up
- have a casual romantic or sexual liaison with.
he should stop dallying with film stars
Middle English: from Old French dalier ‘to chat’, of unknown origin.
Information about dallies
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of dallies is: dally.
- Languages in which dallies is used:
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Hyphenation of dallies
dal-lies
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- dallies is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
dallies synonyms
Meaning waste time; be slow:
Meaning be late or slow; loiter:
Meaning walk slowly and with no apparent purpose; dawdle:
Meaning stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave:
Meaning fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development:
Meaning draw or be drawn along behind someone or something:
Meaning (of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front:
Meaning walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace:
Meaning walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps:
Meaning walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions:
Meaning (of a river or road) follow a winding course:
Meaning move passively, aimlessly, or involuntarily into a certain situation or condition:
Meaning walk wearily or reluctantly over a long distance:
Meaning like or covered with tar:
Meaning treat without seriousness or respect:
Meaning move or handle (an object) absent-mindedly or nervously:
Meaning engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose:
Meaning behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions:
Meaning attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way:
Meaning (of a man) readily or frequently enter into casual sexual relationships with women:
Meaning (of a man) engage in numerous casual sexual affairs with women:
dallies antonyms
Meaning move or act with great haste:
Anagrams of dallies
Words that rhyme with dallies
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