dilly-dally

See also: dillydally and dilly dally

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of dally.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɪliˌdæli/

Verb

dilly-dally (third-person singular simple present dilly-dallies, present participle dilly-dallying, simple past and past participle dilly-dallied)

(intransitive) To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate.

Translations

to waste time

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hengailla (fi), velttoilla, luumuilla (fi), puuhastella (fi)
French: procrastiner (fr)
Italian: gingillarsi, procrastinare (it)
Latin: mūgīnor

Macedonian: се колеба (se koleba)
Maori: hāmure, tonanawe
Portuguese: procrastinar (pt)
Russian: тра́тить вре́мя впусту́ю impf (trátitʹ vrémja vpustúju), безде́льничать (ru) impf (bezdélʹničatʹ), прохлажда́ться (ru) impf (proxlaždátʹsja)
Spanish: procrastinar (es)
Swedish: prokrastinera (sv)

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