dally

Verb

1. behave carelessly or indifferently; “Play about with a young girl’s affection”
   • Synonyms
     • toy
     • play
     • flirt
   • Less specific
     • act
     • move
   • Related
     • flirt
     • flirting
     • flirtation
     • coquetry
     • dalliance
     • toying
     • flirt
     • flirting
     • flirtation
     • coquetry
     • dalliance
     • toying
     • flirt
     • flirting
     • flirtation
     • coquetry
     • dalliance
     • toying
2. waste time; “Get busy–don’t dally!”
   • Synonyms
     • dawdle
   • Less specific
     • act
     • behave
     • do
   • Related
     • dawdler
     • drone
     • laggard
     • lagger
     • trailer
     • poke
     • dalliance
     • dawdling
     • trifling
     • dallier
     • dillydallier
     • dilly-dallier
     • mope
     • lounger
     • dalliance
     • dawdling
     • trifling
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”
   • Synonyms
     • chat up
     • flirt
     • butterfly
     • coquet
     • coquette
     • romance
     • philander
     • mash
   • Less specific
     • talk
     • speak
   • More specific
     • wanton
     • vamp
   • Related
     • wolf
     • woman chaser
     • skirt chaser
     • masher
     • love story
     • romance
     • love affair
     • romance
     • coquette
     • flirt
     • vamp
     • vamper
     • minx
     • tease
     • prickteaser
     • flirt
     • flirting
     • flirtation
     • coquetry
     • dalliance
     • toying
     • flirt
     • flirting
     • flirtation
     • coquetry
     • dalliance
     • toying
     • flirt
     • flirting
     • flirtation
     • coquetry
     • dalliance
     • toying
     • coquette
     • flirt
     • vamp
     • vamper
     • minx
     • tease
     • prickteaser
     • flirt
     • flirting
     • flirtation
     • coquetry
     • dalliance
     • toying
     • 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”
   • Synonyms
     • trifle
     • play
   • Less specific
     • consider
     • take
     • deal
     • look at

• dally - LookUp Verb

1. act or move slowly workers were loafing, dallying, or goofing off

2. have a casual romantic or sexual liaison with he should stop dallying with movie stars

show a casual interest in something, without committing oneself seriously the company has been dallying with the idea of opening a new office

Thesaurus

Verb

1. there's no time to dally on the way to work

Similar Words: dawdle delay loiter linger waste time kill time take one's time while away time lag trail straggle fall behind amble plod trudge meander drift traik dilly-dally tarry

Opposites: hurry

1. he should stop dallying with film stars

Similar Words: trifle toy play amuse oneself flirt play fast and loose tinker philander womanize carry on play around mess about mess around