Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dilly dallying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
dil-ly -dal-ly-ing
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dilly dally

Questions

What does dilly dallying mean?
present participle and gerund of dilly dally

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