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    [Verb]  | "dil*ly*dal*ly" | \ ˈdi-lē-ˌda-lē \


    1: to waste time by loitering or delaying : dawdle


    Origin: 1741 ;

     Reduplication of dally;

    [Adjective]  | "dillydallying" 


    1: moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed;


      * e.g., " ... the dillydallying congress hadn't passed any legislation, and the term was almost over "





    [Verb]  | "dillydallying" 


    1: to move or act slowly;


      * e.g., " ... don't dillydally on the way to the store "





    2: to spend time doing nothing;


      * e.g., " ... restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying "



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    [Verb]  | "dillydally" 


    1: to move or act slowly;


      * e.g., " ... don't dillydally on the way to the store "





    2: to spend time doing nothing;


      * e.g., " ... restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying "



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     [ "dillydally" ]

    1: To postpone doing what one should be doing. delay

      * e.g.,  ... I didn't want to dillydally, 'cause I knew it would be waiting for me tomorrow. 

     [ "dillydally" ]

    1: a loiter or delayer

      * e.g.,  ... That dillydally goofball! 

     [ "Dillydally" ]

    1: To waste time, by delaying or loiter

      * e.g.,  ... Come on,you guys always dillydally everytime when you try to fix that remote. 

     [ "dillyding" ]

    1: A very small dick usually found on males named Preston.

      * e.g.,  ... I don't want to close my legs because it will hurt my dillyding. 

     [ "DillyDally" ]

    1:  To cause massive amounts of chaos just for a joke To have a good laugh at the misfortune of others

      * e.g.,  ... We do a bit of DillyDallying! 

     [ "Dillydally" ]

    1: Verb: A waste time that one can quit at any given moment without consequence. Dillydallying must be a waste of time, though it may be enriching. It must not have a greater goal other than general procrastination or extention of inexertion. One may dilly dally without knowing, or it may be intentional, but overal it should waste your time/and or the time of others. Generally such activities that fall under the category of dilly dallying are pointless, needless, and just interesting enough to keep one's general focus without requiring too much mental capacity and potential for short-term burn out. Essentially, you could do this activity for all eternity, or for 3 minutes.

      * e.g.,  ... She didn't want to do her homework, so instead she decided to dillydally. 

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