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Dalliance
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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.
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