dally

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To interchange caresses, especially of a sexual nature; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport (compare dalliance)
To wind the lasso rope around the saddle pummel after the roping of an animal

The end of the top rope he dallied around the gooseneck trailer hitch.

To waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle
Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping

What matters is now if he tied hard and fast, / Or tumbled his steer with a dally.

To delay unnecessarily; to while away
{v} to delay, toy, trifle
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time. The bureaucrats dallied too long He did not dally over the choice of a partner
{f} flirt; trifle; waste time
If someone dallies with you, they have a romantic, but not serious, relationship with you. In the past he dallied with actresses and lady novelists. to waste time, or do something very slowly (dalier)
consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection
waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
A couple wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping
To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle
consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection
To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport
To wrap the rope around the saddle horn after roping an animal
dally with an idea
{f} have fun with an idea; get busy with an idea
dilly-dally
to dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate
dilly-dally
Move or act too slowly, waste time
dallied
past participle of dally
dallies
third-person singular of dally
dallying
present participle of dally
dilly dally
{f} (Slang) stall, procrastinate, put off until a later time; dawdle, waste time, loiter
dilly-dally
to waste time, because you cannot decide about something (dally)
dilly-dally
postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
Turkish - English

Definition of dally in Turkish English dictionary

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