dilly-dally
101longtalk,\ longtalking — The act of using a lot more words than necessary to get something said. Commonly heard when politicians speak or when parents scold children. Mom: Go to your room. I mean it. At the present moment! Billy: Mom, why not just say Now, instead of… …
102saunter — v. n. 1. Loiter, linger, lounge, stroll, move slowly. 2. Dawdle, dilly dally, loiter, lag, delay, linger …
103be of two minds — I am of two minds about going to law school Syn: be undecided, be uncertain, be unsure, hesitate, waver, vacillate, hem and haw; informal dilly dally, shilly shally …
104falter — verb 1) the government faltered Syn: hesitate, delay, drag one s feet, stall; waver, vacillate, waffle, be indecisive, be irresolute, blow hot and cold, hem and haw; informal sit on the fence, dilly dally, shilly shally 2) she faltered over his… …
105hesitate — verb 1) she hesitated, unsure of what to say Syn: pause, delay, wait, shilly shally, dither, stall, temporize; be of two minds, be uncertain, be unsure, be doubtful, be indecisive, hedge, equivocate, fluctuate, vacillate, wa …
106lag — verb I m sorry to be lagging behind Syn: fall behind, straggle, fall back, trail (behind), hang back, not keep pace, bring up the rear; dawdle, dilly dally See note at loiter Ant: keep up …
107shilly-shally — verb we must not tolerate leaders who shilly shally over matters of national security Syn: dither, be indecisive, be irresolute, vacillate, waver, hesitate, blow hot and cold, falter, drag one s feet, hem and haw; informal dilly dally …
108vacillate — verb I vacillated between teaching and journalism Syn: dither, waver, be indecisive, be undecided, be ambivalent, hesitate, be of two minds, blow hot and cold, keep changing one s mind, be conflicted; fluctuate, oscillate, hem and haw; informal… …
109falter — v 1. hesitate, waver, hover, hang in the balance, vacillate, oscillate; fluctuate, blow hot and cold, alternate, go back and forth between; be undecided, Inf. straddle the fence, dilly dally, shilly shally; hem and haw, delay, waste time, trifle …
110fritter — v 1. squander, dissipate, waste, scatter, disperse; spend, spend money like water, spend to the last penny or farthing, Sl. blow, overspend; gamble away, fool away, misuse, misspend; while away, idle away, dilly dally, putter, dawdle. 2. shred,… …
