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Definition of dally

consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
waste time; "Get busy--don''t dally!"
behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl''s affection"

Similar Words: trifle, play, chat up, flirt, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash, dawdle, toy

Hyponyms: wanton, vamp

Grouped Verbs: toy, play, flirt, trifle

Derivational Morphology: wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher, love story, romance, love affair, coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying, dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, dawdling, trifling, wasting time, dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger

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