dally
verb
- to chat idly
- to waste time, delay, or not be prompt
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdæli/
name
- A surname.
noun
- Alternative form of dolly (“offering of fruit or flowers”).
“We have known Mazagon and long-pod Beans to be thrown out of a dally, because they were full of seed!”
verb
Etymology: Possibly from Spanish dale vuelta (“twist it around”) by law of Hobson-Jobson, from dale + la + vuelta.
- To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
“The end of the top rope he dallied around the gooseneck trailer hitch.”