SHILLYSHALLY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of procrastinating
   • putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
   Synonym(s)
   • cunctation (what does cunctation mean?)
   • procrastination (what does procrastination mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) shillyshally is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   • holdup (what does holdup mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • procrastinate (what does procrastinate mean?)
   • stall (what does stall mean?)
   • drag one’s feet (what does drag one’s feet mean?)
   • drag one’s heels (what does drag one’s heels mean?)
   • shillyshally (what does shillyshally mean?)
   • dilly-dally (what does dilly-dally mean?)
   • dillydally (what does dillydally mean?)
   • procrastinate (what does procrastinate mean?)
   • stall (what does stall mean?)
   • drag one’s feet (what does drag one’s feet mean?)
   • drag one’s heels (what does drag one’s heels mean?)
   • shillyshally (what does shillyshally mean?)
   • dilly-dally (what does dilly-dally mean?)
   • dillydally (what does dillydally mean?)

SHILLYSHALLY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • postpone doing what one should be doing
   Synonym(s)
   • dilly-dally (what does dilly-dally mean?)
   • dillydally (what does dillydally mean?)
   • drag one’s feet (what does drag one’s feet mean?)
   • drag one’s heels (what does drag one’s heels mean?)
   • procrastinate (what does procrastinate mean?)
   • stall (what does stall mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
   Hypernyms(s) shillyshally is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • procrastinate (what does procrastinate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dallier (what does dallier mean?)
   • dillydallier (what does dillydallier mean?)
   • dilly-dallier (what does dilly-dallier mean?)
   • mope (what does mope mean?)
   • lounger (what does lounger mean?)
   • procrastination (what does procrastination mean?)
   • cunctation (what does cunctation mean?)
   • shillyshally (what does shillyshally mean?)
   • stall (what does stall mean?)
   • stalling (what does stalling mean?)
   • procrastination (what does procrastination mean?)
   • cunctation (what does cunctation mean?)
   • shillyshally (what does shillyshally mean?)
   • procrastinator (what does procrastinator mean?)
   • postponer (what does postponer mean?)
   • cunctator (what does cunctator mean?)
2. Meaning
   • be uncertain and vague
   Hypernyms(s) shillyshally is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hover (what does hover mean?)
   • vibrate (what does vibrate mean?)
   • vacillate (what does vacillate mean?)
   • oscillate (what does oscillate mean?)