Meaning of DALLIANCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'daleeuns
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- [n] playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- [n] the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
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| | Synonyms: | | coquetry, dawdling, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying, trifling, wasting time |
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| | See Also: | | caper, delay, frolic, gambol, holdup, play, romp | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dal"li*ance\, n. [From {Dally}.]
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
strife! --Tennyson.
2. Delay or procrastination. --Shak.
3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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| | Related Terms: | | amorous dalliance, amorous looks, billing and cooing, bundling, caressing, come-hither look, coquetry, coquettish glances, coquettishness, coyness, cuddling, dabbling, dallying, dawdling, dilatoriness, dillydallying, fiddling, flirtation, flirtatiousness, fondling, fooling, fooling around, goo-goo eyes, hugging, idling, jerking off, kidding around, kissing, lag, lagging, lingering, loitering, lollygagging, lovemaking, messing around, monkeying, monkeying around, necking, nestling, nuzzling, ogle, petting, piddling, playing, playing around, pottering, procrastination, puttering, sexual intercourse, shilly-shallying, smattering, snuggling, spooning, tarriance, tarrying, tinkering, toying, trifling, waiting |
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