shillyshally

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I - noun

the act of procrastinating;
putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
• Syn:
procrastination, cunctation
• Derivationally related forms:
procrastinate (for: procrastination)
• Hypernyms:
delay, holdup

II - verb

1. be uncertain and vague
• Hypernyms:
hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. postpone doing what one should be doing
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
• Syn:
procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, dillydally
• Derivationally related forms:
dillydallier (for: dillydally), stall (for: stall), procrastination (for: procrastinate), procrastinator (for: procrastinate)
• Hypernyms:
delay
• Hyponyms:
procrastinate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s