DALLY

dally. Dally, v. to delay, toy, trifle

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Dal″ly (–ly̆), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied (–lĭd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying.] [[OE. dalien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]] 1. 1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy. We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. Barrow. 2. 2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. Shak. Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. Shak.