Dal·ly v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying.]
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. 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.