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dally
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dæli/
- Rhymes: -æli
Etymology 1
From Middle English dalyen, from Anglo-Norman delaier.
Verb
dally (third-person singular simple present dallies, present participle dallying, simple past and past participle dallied)
- To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- Synonyms: dawdle, dilly-dally; see also Thesaurus:loiter
- (transitive, intransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
- Synonyms: feel up, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
- To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
- Synonym: kill time
Translations
Etymology 2
Possibly from Spanish dale la vuelta (“twist it around”) by law of Hobson-Jobson, from dale + la + vuelta.
Noun
dally (plural dallies)
- Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
Verb
dally (third-person singular simple present dallies, present participle dallying, simple past and past participle dallied)
- 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
Anagrams
- d'y'all, y'all'd
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dawdle
English
Etymology
First attested around 1656; variant of daddle (“to walk unsteadily”), perhaps influenced by daw, since the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until around 1775. Compare also German daddeln (“to play”), German verdaddeln (“to waste (time), neglect, ruin”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??d?l/
- Rhymes: -??d?l
- Homophone: doddle (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Verb
dawdle (third-person singular simple present dawdles, present participle dawdling, simple past and past participle dawdled)
- (intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
- (transitive) To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
- (intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.
Translations
See also
- dally, dander, dandle, diddle, loaf, piddle, wander, doodle
Noun
dawdle (plural dawdles)
- A dawdler.
- 1766, George Colman the Elder and David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act I, page 13
- Where is this dawdle of a housekeeper?
- 1766, George Colman the Elder and David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act I, page 13
- A slow walk, journey.
- An easily accomplished task; a doddle.
Anagrams
- Dewald, Waddle, dwaled, waddle, walded
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