Dictionaries:
dilly-dally:
Or: dally :1. To act amorously, flirtaciously, or playfully; to play at love .
Quote: Professor Quail (W.C. Fields) in International House (1933): ' Now that I'm here and see what's to be had, I shall dally in the valley and believe me I can dally .'
2. To waste-time aimlessly; to idle; to dither.
3. Or: dilly-dally with , to trifle with; to be insincere with; to have-an-affair-with ; to carry-on ; to play around. See affair for synonyms.
See Also: dally, Dilly, dilly boy, dilly with the willy, dilly-dally, pitch woo, play kissy, play kissy-face, play kissy-poo, play lickey-face, play smacky-lips
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