1. Postpone doing what one should be doing
   "He did not want to write the letter and dillydallied for days";
   - procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet [informal], drag one's heels [informal], shillyshally [informal], dilly-dally [informal], shilly-shally [informal]
    
2. Spend time in one place doing little or wasting time
   "The high school students like to dillydally in the Central Square";
   - loiter, lounge, footle [informal], lollygag [N. Amer, informal], loaf [informal], lallygag [N. Amer, informal], hang around, mess about [informal], tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, dilly-dally [informal], mooch [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: dilly-dallied, dillydallying, dillydallies, dillydallied, dilly-dallying, dilly-dallies

Type of: delay, wait