dallies

present tense third-person singular of dally
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as in flirts
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun she spent the summer dallying with a guy renting the neighboring beach house

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dallies
Verb
  • Flueger, 41, who plays Adam Ruzek on the police drama, plans to return later this season, PEOPLE confirms.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Following the departure of Robin Weigert's Teddi following season 1, that leaves only Hartley and Fiona Rene, who plays attorney Reenie Greene, from Colter's original stable.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But living through that moment, in that city, at that time of my life, left a mark and the ethos of it all still lingers.
    Kate Belli, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The camera lingers over the $20 bill Maggie has left, and the film cuts to black.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reeves flirts with Michael Douglas territory in this Eli Roth erotic thriller that’s not especially good but is interesting as an acting exercise.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Columbus, Ohio, could approach its daily record high of 83 degrees Saturday, while San Antonio, Texas, flirts with a daily record of 93 degrees.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But that was before the arrival of teplizumab, a monoclonal antibody approved in late 2022 that delays the advance of the illness and may even halt it at stage 2 in some people.
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That clogs the judicial system, wastes limited resources, and delays justice for those with legitimate grievances.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, the risk of adverse effects grows the longer a shutdown drags on.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As the government shutdown drags on, Americans are turning more negative on Congress, according to new Gallup polling.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The film just idles on the runway.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Strong, prolonged damaging wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph will continue to lash the coast as the storm crawls north through Monday.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Dallies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dallies. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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