DILLYDALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dillydally mean? 

• DILLYDALLY (verb)
  The verb DILLYDALLY has 1 sense:

1. postpone doing what one should be doing

  Familiarity information: DILLYDALLY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DILLYDALLY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Postpone doing what one should be doing

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

dilly-dally; dillydally; drag one's feet; drag one's heels; procrastinate; shillyshally; stall

Context example:

He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days

Hypernyms (to "dillydally" is one way to...):

delay (act later than planned, scheduled, or required)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dillydally"):

procrastinate (postpone or delay needlessly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

dillydallier (someone who wastes time)