Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dillydally"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dilly-dally \Dil"ly-dal`ly\, v. i. [See {Dally}.]
To loiter or trifle; to waste time.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dilly-dally
v : postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to
write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: {procrastinate},
{stall}, {drag one's feet}, {shillyshally}, {dillydally}]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dillydally
v : postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to
write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: {procrastinate},
{stall}, {drag one's feet}, {shillyshally}, {dilly-dally}]
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