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dally
v. flirt; trifle; waste time


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dally
Verb
1. behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
(synonym) toy, play, flirt
(hypernym) act, move
(verb-group) trifle, play
(derivation) flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
2. waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
(synonym) dawdle
(hypernym) act, behave, do
(derivation) dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger
3. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
(synonym) chat up, flirt, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
(hypernym) talk, speak
(hyponym) wanton
(derivation) flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
4. consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
(synonym) trifle, play
(hypernym) consider, take, deal, look at
(verb-group) toy, play, flirt



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Dally
(v. t.)
To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
  
 
(v. i.)
To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
  
 
(v. i.)
To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

excellence English-Urdu DictionaryDownload this dictionary
dally
n.v.
1. delay
دير کرنا, ڈھيل کرنا, درنگ کرنا, اٹھلانا, وقت ٹالنا يا ضائع کرنا, دفع الوقتي کرنا
2. sport
کھيلنا, کلول کرنا, کھلاڑي کرنا
She dallies with the wind, and scorns the sun. (Shakespeare 'Richard III' 1-3.)
ہوا سے کھيلتي ہے، منہ چڑاتي شمس کا
3. use fondling or wantonness
راؤ چاؤ کرنا, چوما چاٹي کرنا, بوس و کنار کرنا, چوچلے کرنا, ناز و نياز کرنا

Moby ThesaurusDownload this dictionary
dally
Synonyms and related words:
abide, await, bide, bide the issue, bill and coo, caress, copulate, coquet, cosset, cuddle, dabble, dally away, dandle, dawdle, delay, diddle, diddle away, dillydally, doodle, drag, dribble away, drivel away, falter, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flag, flirt, fondle, fool, fool around, fool away, fool with, fribble, fritter away, frivol, frolic, gambol, goof off, halt, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, horse around, idle, idle away, jerk off, kid around, lag, lead on, linger, loiter, lollygag, make love, make out, mark time, mess around, monkey, monkey around, muddle away, neck, pet, piddle, piss away, play, play around, play with, poke, potter, potter away, procrastinate, put off, putter, rollick, romp, shilly-shally, sit tight, sit up, smatter, smooch, spoon, sport, stay, stay up, stick around, string along, sweet-talk, take time, tarry, tinker, toy, toy with, trail, trifle, trifle away, twiddle, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, wanton, waste time, while away, whisper sweet nothings
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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