Definition of "dilly-dallying" [dilly-dallying]

• Present participle of dilly-dally. (verb)

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• "Bhatti said that he had requested additional security but that law enforcement authorities were "dilly-dallying.""
• "And even those 5½-hour rounds on Friday were caused not by the dilly-dallying of meticulous players, but by brutal, gusting winds that showed off the rarely seen masterpiece, Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia, at its strategic best."
• "Stop the dilly-dallying and do something about the problem. statatheleft says:"