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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dally \Dal"ly\, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. --Knolles. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dally \Dal"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dallied}; p. pr & vb n. {Dallying}.] [OE. ?alien, 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. We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. --Calamy. We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. --Barrow. 2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport. Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak. Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dally v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: {toy}, {play}, {flirt}] 2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: {tarry}, {linger}] 3: talk amorously; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: {chat up}, {flirt}, {coquet}, {coquette}, {romance}, {philander}, {mash}] 4: consider not very seriously; "He is trifiling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: {trifle}, {play}]
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