Thesaurus: dalliance

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1. n. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.
2. n. Delay or procrastination.
3. n. Entertaining discourse.
4. n. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
5. n. playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
6. 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 strifeTennyson. 2. Delay or procrastination. Shak. 3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
7. n:100 n. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working