dally
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
behave carelessly or indifferently
Play about with a young girl's affection
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
waste time
Get busy--don't dally!
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- flirting derivation
- love story derivation
- flirt derivation
- masher derivation
- romance derivation
Sense 4 verb
consider not very seriously
He is trifling with her
Types & categories
- look at hypernym
Related & opposite
- toy verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirting |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | trifle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dalliance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lounger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trailer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | love story |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | masher |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | talk |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wanton |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vamp |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | toy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | look at |