Definition of "dally" [dal•ly]

• To play amorously; flirt: "Sylvester dallied about Lena until he began to make mistakes in his work” ( Willa Cather). See Synonyms at flirt. (verb-intransitive)
• To trifle; toy. (verb-intransitive)
• To waste time; dawdle. (verb-intransitive)
• To waste (time). (verb-transitive)

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• "Re: Zorro, it was only Antonio Banderas that had Catherine Zeta-Jones to dally with."
• "We pass by the monastery where De Vinci's Last Supper resides, zoom by the Duomo, under repair as always, head over to the main synagogue, dally at the Piazza, and make our way down the narrowest street in town."
• "WISCONSINITES SPLIT ON WALKER RECALL - A Wisconsin Public Radio / St. Norbert College survey finds that Wisconsin voters are evenly split on whether to recall Governor Scott Walker for the bill he supported that will likely downgrade state workers' health plans to a dally allowance of one doctor-repelling apple."