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Dalliance

Dalliance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dalliance? [n] playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [n] the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dalliance: coquetry \| dawdling \| flirt \| flirtation \| flirting \| toying \| trifling \| wasting time Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dalliance: amorous dalliance \| amorous looks \| billing and cooing \| bundling \| caressing \| come-hither look \| coquetry \| coquettish glances \| coquettishness \| coyness \| cuddling \| dabbling \| dallying \| dawdling \| dilatoriness \| dillydallying \| fiddling \| flirtation \| flirtatiousness \| fondling \| fooling \| fooling around \| goo-goo eyes \| hugging \| idling \| jerking off \| kidding around \| kissing \| lag \| lagging \| lingering \| loitering \| lollygagging \| lovemaking \| messing around \| monkeying \| monkeying around \| necking \| nestling \| nuzzling \| ogle \| petting \| piddling \| playing \| playing around \| pottering \| procrastination \| puttering \| sexual intercourse \| shilly-shallying \| smattering \| snuggling \| spooning \| tarriance \| tarrying \| tinkering \| toying \| trifling \| waiting See Also \| caper \| delay \| frolic \| gambol \| holdup \| play \| romp Dalliance In Webster's Dictionary \Dal"li*ance\, n. [From {Dally}.] 1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch the rein. --Shak. O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strife! --Tennyson. 2. Delay or procrastination. --Shak. 3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Dalliance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dalliance?

[n] playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
[n] the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working

Dalliance In Webster's Dictionary

\Dal"li*ance\, n. [From {Dally}.]
1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of
   caresses; wanton play.

         Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch
         the rein.                             --Shak.

         O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the
         strife!                               --Tennyson.

2. Delay or procrastination. --Shak.

3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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