A fork of Rural Dictionary
someone who is always slow starting anything. dilly-dallying
That girl sure takes a long getting ready for a date. What a dallying dilly!
To procrastinate; waste time when there is something to do or somewhere you need to be.
"We'll never get there if you keep dilly-dallying!"
Wasting time when something needs to be done promptly
"Go the shop and get me Tampax...and no dilly-dallying!"
Verb: To mess around or waste time. Typically used by the very elderly.
Ah you young whipper snapper. Stop dilly dallying and get off your ass!
See hem haw. Procrastinate or to take an extra long time on, esp. a chore.
Father to daughter: "Get in the shower and don't dilly dally."
to bullshit and waste time
Come on and get dressed to leave! We don't have time for you to dilly dally!
to screw around, to doddle, to waste time
Mr. President, quit dilly dallying, you need to be arrested for war crimes.