Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dilly-dally
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Stop dilly-dallying and get dressed!
The Collaborative International Dictionary
dilly-dally
dilly-dally \dil"ly-dal`ly\, v. i. [See Dally.] To loiter or trifle; to waste time.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dilly-dally
1741, probably a reduplication of dally. Related: Dilly-dallying.
Wiktionary
dilly-dally
vb. to dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate
WordNet
dilly-dally
v. postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dillydally]
[also: dilly-dallied]
Usage examples of "dilly-dally".
I dilly-dallied and I dithered and shilly-shallied and all those words.