Dally

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To play amorously; flirt: "Sylvester dallied about Lena until he began to make mistakes in his work” ( Willa Cather). See Synonyms at flirt.
  • verb-intransitive. To trifle; toy.
  • verb-intransitive. To waste time; dawdle.
  • v. To waste (time).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle.
  • v. To interchange caresses, especially of a sexual nature; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport (compare dalliance)
  • v. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
  • v. To wind the lasso rope around the saddle pummel after the roping of an animal
  • n. Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
  • verb-intransitive. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
  • v. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To talk idly or foolishly; pass the time in idle or frivolous chat.
  • To trifle away time in any manner, as in vague employment or in mere idleness; linger; loiter; delay.
  • To play, sport, frolic, toy, as in exchanging caresses; wanton.
  • To delay; defer; put off.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. waste time
  • v. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  • v. behave carelessly or indifferently
  • v. consider not very seriously
  • Verb Form
    dallied    dallies    dallying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    do    act    behave    move    deal    consider    take    look at   
    Variant
    dallied   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wanton    sport    trifle    toy    idler    dilly-dally   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Allie    Cali    Challis    Halle    Halley    Hally    Lally    Sallee    Sallie    Sally