dally

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dally
v. flirt; trifle; waste time

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Dally
Dally may refer to:
Surname:
  • Ann Dally (1929–2007), English author and psychiatrist
  • Bill Dally, the Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor in the Stanford University School of Engineering
  • Clarence Madison Dally (1865–1904), American glassblower, assistant to Thomas Edison
  • Craig Dally, Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 138th District
  • Frederick Dally (1838-1914), English Canadian photographer
  • Hans Dally (1916–1997), highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II
  • J. Irvin Dally, American folk singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California
  • Marcelin Dally (born 1962), retired Côte d'Ivoire hurdler
  • William Dally (1908–1996), American rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics

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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.
  

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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