dally
Meaning of dally
- 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 dally
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of dally is: dallies.
- Languages in which dally is used:
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Hyphenation of dally
dally
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- dally is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
dally synonyms
Meaning toy:
Meaning dawdle:
Meaning chat up:
flirt, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
Meaning trifle:
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 attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way:
Meaning (of a man) engage in numerous casual sexual affairs with women:
dally antonyms
Meaning move or act with great haste:
Anagrams of dally
Words that rhyme with dally
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