NOUN | act | shillyshally, procrastination, cunctation | the act of procrastinating |
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VERB | stative | shillyshally | be uncertain and vague |
stative | shillyshally, procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, dillydally | postpone doing what one should be doing |
Meaning | The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time. | |
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Synonyms | procrastination, cunctation | |
Broader | delay, holdup | The act of delaying |
Spanish | desidia, procastinación, procrastinación | |
Verbs | shillyshally | postpone doing what one should be doing |
Meaning | Be uncertain and vague. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate | Be undecided about something |
Meaning | postpone doing what one should be doing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, dillydally | |
Narrower | procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly |
Broader | delay | Act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
Spanish | aplazar | |
Nouns | shillyshally | the act of procrastinating |
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