dally
see also: Dally
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈdælɪ/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈdæli/
Verb

dally (dallies, present participle dallying; past and past participle dallied)

  1. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
  2. (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
  3. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
Synonyms Translations Translations
  • French: flirter
  • Russian: флиртова́ть
Translations Noun

dally (plural dallies)

  1. Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
Verb

dally (dallies, present participle dallying; past and past participle dallied)

  1. To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal

Dally
Proper noun
  1. Surname
Noun
  1. (colloquial New Zealand English) A New Zealand person of Croatian or other Balkan descent.



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