DALLIANCE, DALLY, DALLYING
ADJECTIVES
► ODDLING dallying, trifling, uncertain → 1905 (Bk.)
NOUNS
► CANOODLE a dalliance; a flirtation → 1976
► DAFF a dallying, indelicate toying → 1721
VERBS
► BOURD to dally → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUTTERFLY to dally, to flirt; to avoid an exclusive commitment to one romantic partner → 1893 obs.
► DALLACK to dally, to fritter away time → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FIKE to be fussy or restless; to vex oneself; to busy oneself about trifles; to trifle, to dally → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAMFLE ► GAMPHLE to dally, to idle → 1808 Sc.
► HANKER to dally, to tarry, to stop; to loiter, to linger about → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LALLYGAG ► LOLLIGAG ► LOLLYGAG to dally, to dawdle, to be idle → 1862 US sl.
► PADGEL to dally, to trifle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PLAY THE WANTON to dally, to trifle, to potter, to waste time in a trifling activity → 1529
► TAIGLE ► TEAGLE ► TAIGLE WITH to dally, to loiter; to linger, to tarry, to delay → 1700 Sc.
► TAIVER ► TAVER to dally, to trifle, to waste time → 1808 Sc.
► TIG to dally with, to trifle → 1634
► WANTONIZE to dally, to sport, to frolic; to play the wanton → 1592 arch.