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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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linger
English
Etymology
From Middle English lenger, lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to tarry”), from Old Norse lengja (“to lengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *langijan? (compare Dutch lengen, German längen), related to the root of long.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l????/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l????/
- Rhymes: -????(?)
- Hyphenation: lin?ger
Verb
linger (third-person singular simple present lingers, present participle lingering, simple past and past participle lingered)
- (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
- Synonyms: abide, loiter, tarry; see also Thesaurus:tarry
- (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- (intransitive, often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Ringel, Ringle
French
Etymology
linge +? -ier (with elision of -i- after palatal)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??.?e/
Noun
linger m (plural lingers, feminine lingère)
- linenkeeper
Further reading
- “linger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ligner
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