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dally
[dal-ee]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | boondoggle, drag, fool around, fool with, fritter away, hang about, horse around, idle, jerk off, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag, play around, play games with, procrastinate, put off, putter, tarry, trail, trifle with, waste time, while away |
| Antonyms: | hasten, hurry, push, rush |
| Main Entry: | coquet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
| Synonyms: | dally, flirt, fool, gold-dig, lead on, make eyes at, operate, philander, string along, titillate, toy, trifle, vamp, wanton, wink at |
| Antonyms: | be shy |
| Main Entry: | dabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play at; tinker |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself with, be amateur, dally, dilly-dally, fiddle with, flirt with, horse around, idle, kid around, mess around, monkey around, monkey*, muck around, not be serious, play, play around, play games with, toy with, trifle, trifle with, work superficially |
| Antonyms: | take seriously |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dawdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay; waste time |
| Synonyms: | amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
| Synonyms: | be delayed, be quiescent, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle*, delay, encounter difficulty, hang*, inch, lag, lag behind, limp along, linger, loiter, mark time, poke*, procrastinate, put off*, sag, shamble, shuffle, slow down, stagnate, straggle, tarry, trail behind, traipse |
| Antonyms: | rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flirt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make advances toward someone |
| Synonyms: | banter, bat eyes at, come hither, come on, coquet, dally, disport, eyeball, fool, gam, hit on, lead on, linger with, make a move, make a pass, ogle, philander, pick up*, pitch*, proposition, tease, wink at |
| Antonyms: | be faithful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fritter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away |
| Synonyms: | be wasteful with, blow*, cast away, consume, dally, diddle away, dissipate, frivol, go through*, idle, lavish, misspend, run through, spend like water, squander, throw away, trifle |
| Antonyms: | hold, save, store |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang about/hang around/hang out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate with; be residing in |
| Synonyms: | abide, affect, dally, frequent, get along with, haunt, have relations with, linger, live, loiter, reside, resort, roam, spend time, stand around, swell, tarry, waste time |
| Antonyms: | condemn |
| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
| Synonyms: | alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang back, hang*, hedge, hem and haw, hold back, hold off, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pull back, pussyfoot, scruple, seesaw, shift, shrink, shy away, sit on fence, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think about, think twice, vacillate, waffle, waver, weigh |
| Antonyms: | attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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