shillyshally

Speech parts

1. shillyshally - Noun

2. shillyshally - Verb

Meaning

the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

postpone doing what one should be doing

be uncertain and vague

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

stall procrastination procrastinate dilly-dally cunctation dillydally drag one's feet drag one's heels

Hypernyms

delay vibrate oscillate hover holdup vacillate

Hyponyms

procrastinate

Examples

He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shilly-shally shilly-shallying shillyshallied shillyshallying shiloh shilokhvostov or shilokhvostova