dillydally
verb (used without object)
to waste time, especially by indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.
dillydallies
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present tense formof dillydally (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In reworking Voigt's escapade, Scriptwriter Zuckmayer dillydallies interminably in the soupy background of the hoax, gets down to the actual romp only in the last third of the film.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wife is soon marking time with an Italian movie director, and the writer dillydallies with a local marchesa who wickedly dots her toes with perfume.
From Time Magazine Archive
