English-Thai Dictionary

dilly

N บุคคล ดีเด่น 

 

dilly-dally

VI เสียเวลา ใน การตัดสินใจ  รวนเร  ชักช้า  อืดอาด  delay dawdle stall hasten hurry sia-we-la-nai-kan-tad-sin-jai

 

dillydally

VI เถลไถล  trifle vacillate

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DILLY

Dil "ly, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. diligence. ]

 

Defn: A kind of stagecoach. "The Derby dilly. " J. H. Frere.

 

DILLY-DALLY

Dil "ly-dal `ly, v. i. Etym: [See Dally. ]

 

Defn: To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dilly

dil ly |ˈdilē ˈdɪli | ▶noun ( pl. dillies ) [ usu. in sing. ] informal an excellent example of a particular type of person or thing: that's a dilly of a breakfast recipe. ORIGIN late 19th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘delightful ’): alteration of the first syllable of delightful or delicious .

 

dilly

dilly 2 |ˈdɪli | ▶adjective ( dillier, dilliest ) Austral. /NZ informal, dated odd; foolish. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps a blend of daft and silly .

 

dillybag

dillybag |ˈdɪlɪbag |(also dilly ) ▶noun Austral. a bag or basket of traditional Aboriginal design, made from woven grass or fibre. ORIGIN from Yagara (an extinct Aboriginal language of Queensland ) dili ‘coarse grass or reeds; a bag woven of this ’ + bag .

 

dilly-dally

dil ly-dal ly |ˈˌdɪli ˈˌdæli | ▶verb ( dilly-dallies, dilly-dallying, dilly-dallied ) [ no obj. ] informal waste time through aimless wandering or indecision: don't dilly-dally for too long. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: reduplication of dally .

 

Oxford Dictionary

dilly

dilly 1 |ˈdɪli | ▶noun ( pl. dillies ) [ usu. in sing. ] N. Amer. informal an excellent example of a particular type of person or thing: that's a dilly of a breakfast recipe. ORIGIN late 19th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘delightful ’): alteration of the first syllable of delightful or delicious .

 

dilly

dilly 2 |ˈdɪli | ▶adjective ( dillier, dilliest ) Austral. /NZ informal, dated odd; foolish. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps a blend of daft and silly .

 

dillybag

dillybag |ˈdɪlɪbag |(also dilly ) ▶noun Austral. a bag or basket of traditional Aboriginal design, made from woven grass or fibre. ORIGIN from Yagara (an extinct Aboriginal language of Queensland ) dili ‘coarse grass or reeds; a bag woven of this ’ + bag .

 

dilly-dally

dilly-dally |ˈdɪlɪdali | ▶verb ( dilly-dallies, dilly-dallying, dilly-dallied ) [ no obj. ] informal waste time through aimless wandering or indecision: don't dilly-dally for too long. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: reduplication of dally .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dilly

dilly noun a dilly of a traffic jam. See humdinger.

 

dilly-dally

dilly-dally verb informal we can't dilly-dally when there are critical decisions to be made: waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet; dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw; informal shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet; archaic tarry. ANTONYMS hurry.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dilly-dally

dilly-dally verb informal the board can't afford to dilly-dally over this issue: waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, mark time, kill time, while away time, potter, trifle, temporize, stall, procrastinate, drag one's feet, play a waiting game; dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, fluctuate; Brit. haver, hum and haw; Scottish swither; informal shilly-shally, blow hot and cold, let the grass grow under one's feet, pussyfoot around; archaic or literary tarry. ANTONYMS hurry.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dilly

dil ly /dɪ́li /名詞 複 -lies C ｟米 くだけて ｠すばらしい物 [人 ].

 

dillydally

dil ly dal ly /dɪ́lidæ̀li /動詞 -lies ; -lied ; ～ing 自動詞 ｟やや古 くだけて ｠(決心がつかず )ぐずぐずする, 迷う .