Dictionary Entry
dally
dally is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
- 2intransitive verb
To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
- 3transitive verb
To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
- 4verb
consider not very seriously
"He is trifling with her"
"She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
- 5verb
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"
"My husband never flirts with other women"
- 6verb
waste time
"Get busy--don't dally!"
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- 7verb
behave carelessly or indifferently
"Play about with a young girl's affection"
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