dally
/ˈdæli/
verb
- To waste time or move slowly; to delay or loiter.
- Stop dallying and finish your homework before dinner.
- We dallied too long at the café and missed the bus.
- The children dallied on the way to school, watching the ducks in the pond.
- To act playfully or flirtatiously, especially in a casual or unserious way.
- She accused him of dallying with her feelings.
- He was known to dally with several admirers at once.
- They spent the afternoon dallying in the park, laughing and holding hands.
- To toy or trifle with something, not treating it seriously.
- Don't dally with dangerous chemicals in the lab.
- She dallied with the thought of quitting her job, but decided to stay.
- The politician dallied with the idea of running for office but never committed.