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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Dally

/(dăl"ly̆)/ · Dal·ly · IPA /ˈdæli/
01 v. i. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
imp. & p. p. Dallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying
  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.
02 v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
  1. 1.
    To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
    “Dallying off the time with often skirmishes.” — Knolles.