dallying

Definitions

To act or move slowly; to waste time or linger.

To deal lightly or flippantly with something; to toy or play with.

Examples

Stop dallying in the hallway and get to your classroom immediately.

He spent the entire afternoon dallying in the garden instead of finishing his chores.

Synonyms

dawdling loitering procrastinating lingering trifling delaying

Antonyms

hastening rushing hurrying accelerating advancing proceeding dispatching