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dally
Overview of verb dally
The verb dally has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dally, toy, play, flirt -- (behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection")
2. dally, dawdle -- (waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!")
3. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash -- (talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women")
4. dally, trifle, play -- (consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania")
Antonyms of verb dally
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dally
4 senses of dally
Sense 1
dally, toy, play, flirt
=> act, move
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
=> talk, speak
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 4
dally, trifle, play
=> consider, take, deal, look at
=> think about
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dally
1 of 4 senses of dally
Sense 3
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
=> wanton
=> vamp
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dally
4 senses of dally
Sense 1
dally, toy, play, flirt
=> act, move
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
=> talk, speak
Sense 4
dally, trifle, play
=> consider, take, deal, look at
'Cause To' of verb dally
Derived Forms of verb dally
3 of 4 senses of dally
Sense 1
dally, toy, play, flirt
RELATED TO>(noun) dalliance#2
=> flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
RELATED TO>(noun) dallier#1
=> dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger
RELATED TO>(noun) dalliance#1
=> dalliance, dawdling, trifling
Sense 3
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
RELATED TO>(noun) dalliance#2
=> flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
Domain of verb dally
Domain Terms of verb dally
Familiarity of verb dally
dally used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb dally
4 senses of dally
Sense 1
dally, toy, play, flirt
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
EX: Sam wants to dally with Sue
Sense 4
dally, trifle, play
EX: Sam wants to dally with Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb dally
4 senses of dally
Sense 1
dally, toy, play, flirt
> act, move
=> alternate, take turns
=> finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
=> rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
=> interrupt, disturb
=> react, respond
=> go ahead, plow ahead
=> attack, aggress
=> force
=> create
=> come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out
=> reward, repay, pay back
=> satisfice, staisfise
=> maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
=> dispatch
=> evade
=> race
=> use
=> play it by ear
=> play
=> deal
=> partner
=> exert
=> egotrip
=> reciprocate
=> go, proceed, move
=> come close
=> perform
=> make bold, dare, presume
=> prosecute, engage, pursue
=> act on
=> interact
=> react, oppose
=> take time by the forelock
=> coact
=> volunteer, offer
=> get around to
=> dally, toy, play, flirt
=> set about, go about, approach
=> participate, take part
=> misbehave, misconduct, misdemean
=> condescend, stoop, lower oneself
=> behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
=> behave, comport
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> woo, court, romance, solicit
=> court
=> dare
=> effect
=> antagonize, antagonise, counteract
=> anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter
=> prosecute
=> perpetrate, commit, pull
=> rampage
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> condescend, deign, descend
=> condescend
=> take care
=> lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior
=> stampede
=> make a point, make sure
=> repeat, take over
=> surprise
=> sneak
=> play
=> take
=> guard
=> begin, start
=> go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock
=> wait, hold off, hold back
=> continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
=> do well, had best
=> continue
=> continue, persist in
Sense 2
dally, dawdle
> act, behave, do
=> act involuntarily, act reflexively
=> fall over backwards, bend over backwards
=> presume
=> vulgarize, vulgarise
=> optimize, optimise
=> quack
=> menace
=> make
=> swagger, bluster, swash
=> freeze
=> wanton
=> romanticize
=> sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise
=> bungle
=> play, toy
=> act, play, act as
=> stooge
=> joke, jest
=> piffle
=> make
=> make as if
=> break down, lose it, snap
=> dally, dawdle
=> backslap
=> hugger mugger
=> sauce
=> footle
=> frivol, trifle
=> swell, puff up
=> follow
=> relax, loosen up
=> ramp, rage, storm
Sense 3
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
> talk, speak
=> continue, go on, carry on, proceed
=> hold forth, discourse, dissertate
=> pontificate
=> orate
=> talk down
=> spiel
=> dogmatize, dogmatise
=> cheek
=> level
=> talk turkey
=> monologuize, monologuise, soliloquize, soliloquise
=> converse, discourse
=> chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
=> dish the dirt, gossip
=> rap
Sense 4
dally, trifle, play
> consider, take, deal, look at
=> contemplate
=> dally, trifle, play
=> abstract
=> warm to
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dally
Sense 1
dally, toy, play, flirt
=> act, move
Sense 4
dally, trifle, play
=> consider, take, deal, look at
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Sense 2
dally, dawdle
=> act, behave, do
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Sense 3
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
=> talk, speak
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Grep of verb dally
dally
dilly-dally
dillydally
Grep of adv dally
caudally
colloidally
feudally
hebdomadally
insecticidally
sinusoidally
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