Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dilly-dallies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
dil-ly--dal-lies
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does dilly-dallies mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of dilly-dally

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