dally
1. behave carelessly or indifferently
- Play about with a young girl's affection
• Syn:
toy, play, flirt
• Derivationally related forms:
flirting (for: flirt), toying (for: toy), dalliance
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Group:
trifle, play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. waste time
- Get busy--don't dally!
• Syn:
dawdle
• Derivationally related forms:
dawdler (for: dawdle), dawdling (for: dawdle), dallier, dalliance
• Hypernyms:
act, behave, do
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
- My husband never flirts with other women
• Syn:
chat up, flirt, butterfly, coquet, coquette,
romance, philander, mash
• Derivationally related forms:
masher (for: mash), romance (for: romance), coquette (for: coquette), coquetry (for: coquet), dalliance, flirt (for: flirt), flirtation (for: flirt), flirting (for: flirt)
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak
• Hyponyms:
wanton, vamp
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: chat up)
- Sam wants to dally with Sue
4. consider not very seriously
- He is trifling with her
- She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania
• Syn:
trifle, play
• Hypernyms:
consider, take, deal, look at
• Verb Group:
toy, play, flirt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Sam wants to dally with Sue
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