dilly dally

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!

by ben June 17, 2004

dilly dally

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."

by David Porter October 13, 2003

dilly dally

to bullshit and waste time

Come on and get dressed to leave! We don't have time for you to dilly dally!

by pookie June 16, 2004

dilly dally

to screw around, to doddle, to waste time

Mr. President, quit dilly dallying, you need to be arrested for war crimes.

by Rachel June 18, 2004

dilly dally

kill time; do nothing of importance
any action that would take the place of work or some other necessary task

She didn't finish her homework, she was dilly dallying around online instead.

by Mandolin June 19, 2004

dilly dally

To procrastinate in an air-headed manor. Couldn't give two shits; in another world.

I dilly dallied all day I was almost late for work.

by Mahwah, NJ 07430 June 18, 2004

dilly dally

when your grandma/grandpa sees you play video games thinks you should be playing with a brick or something not on a screen (usually, she/he will mess up the video game name)

Stop dilly dallying and playing League of Warcraft and go outside!

by jqiu21 March 28, 2016