dilly-dally
verb [intransitive] (old-fashioned, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dilly-dally | |
| he / she / it dilly-dallies | |
| past simple dilly-dallied | |
| past participle dilly-dallied | |
| -ing form dilly-dallying |
to take too long to do something, go somewhere or make a decision 磨蹭；犹豫 Don’t dilly-dally on the way home from school. 放学回家的路上不要磨蹭。
More Like This Reduplicative wordsReduplicative wordsWord Originearly 17th cent.: reduplication of dally.