The meaning of DALLY is to act playfully; especially : to play amorously.

(Definition of dally from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Dally definition: to waste time; loiter; delay.. See examples of DALLY used in a sentence.

1. to waste time; loiter; delay. 2. to act playfully, esp. in an amorous or flirtatious way. 3. to play mockingly; trifle: to dally with danger.

If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time. The bureaucrats dallied too long. [VERB] He did not dally over the choice of a partner. [VERB + over] If someone dallies with you, they have a …

To deal lightly or carelessly (with); trifle; toy. To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy. To dawdle, delay, or linger. Don't dally or we'll miss the train. To waste …

Oct 21, 2025 · dally (plural dallies) Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping. quotations

Dally means “to waste time.” When you dally, you will cause a delay because of your dawdling.

Definition of dally verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Some common synonyms of dally are dawdle, delay, lag, loiter, and procrastinate. While all these words mean "to move or act slowly so as to fall behind," dally suggests delay through trifling or vacillation …