Dallied

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dally \Dal"ly\ (d[a^]l"l[y^]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dallied}
     (d[a^]l"l[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dallying}.] [OE. dalien,
     dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen,
     to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or
     AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]
     1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in


        idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to
        tarry; to trifle.
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              We have trifled too long already; it is madness to
              dally any longer.                     --Calamy.
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              We have put off God, and dallied with his grace.
                                                    --Barrow.
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     2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the
        opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
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              Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak.
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              Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dallied
       See {dally}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dally
       v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young
            girl's affection" [syn: {toy}, {play}, {flirt}]
       2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: {dawdle}]
       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" [syn: {chat up}, {flirt},
           {butterfly}, {coquet}, {coquette}, {romance}, {philander},
           {mash}]
       4: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She
          plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: {trifle},
           {play}]
       [also: {dallied}]