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Dally

🔄 Synonyms of "Dally"

12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
tarryverb	(intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
playverb	(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
flirtverb	(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
coquettenoun	A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
triflenoun	(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
philandernoun	(intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.
toynoun	Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
chat upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
coquetnoun	To act as a flirt or coquet.
lingerverb	(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
romancenoun	An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dally"

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Word	Definition
playverb	(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
tarryverb	(intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
toynoun	Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
lingerverb	(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
chat upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
coquetnoun	To act as a flirt or coquet.
coquettenoun	A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
flirtverb	(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
philandernoun	(intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.
romancenoun	An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
triflenoun	(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
teaseverb	(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
dillynoun	Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
dalinoun	A timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.
dalynoun	(countable) A surname from Irish.
daleynoun	A surname from Irish.
dallasnoun	A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas.
dawdleverb	(intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
fiddle-faddlenoun	nonsense