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present tense third-person singular of shilly-shally 1 as in hesitates to show uncertainty about the right course of action I didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news -
hesitates -
falters -
wabbles -
hangs back -
debates -
scruples -
balances -
vacillates -
wavers -
waits -
dithers -
staggers -
pauses -
halts -
wobbles -
delays -
backs down -
teeters -
sways -
chickens (out) -
hems -
lingers -
procrastinates -
haws -
ponders -
weighs -
dawdles -
pussyfoots -
waffles -
oscillates -
deliberates -
dallies -
hedges -
considers -
equivocates -
plunges (in) -
dives (in) -
decides -
continues -
advances -
stirs -
budges See More 2 as in delays to move or act slowly with dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set -
delays -
crawls -
lingers -
pokes -
drags -
hangs fire -
dillydallies -
marks time -
lollygags -
lallygags -
strolls -
drops behind -
lags -
plays -
creeps -
falls behind -
loiters -
drags one's heels -
stalls -
lounges -
dawdles -
mopes -
shuffles -
diddles -
dallies -
tarries -
drags one's feet -
takes one's time -
fools around -
staggers -
temporizes -
messes around -
idles -
trifles -
inches -
loafs -
potters (around) -
putters (around) -
monkeys (around) -
fiddles (around) -
saunters -
slows (down or up) -
decelerates -
ambles -
hangs (around or out) -
lolls -
eases -
procrastinates -
filibusters -
lumbers -
plods -
courses -
hotfoots (it) -
barrels -
races -
tears -
careers -
rushes -
speeds -
flies -
runs -
rockets -
hastens -
bolts -
rips -
scurries -
hurries -
bowls -
zips -
whizzes -
scuds -
whisks -
dashes -
darts -
scoots -
hurtles -
speeds (up) -
whirls -
humps -
scrambles -
hustles -
breezes -
runs -
sprints -
jogs -
stampedes -
trots -
gallops -
accelerates -
quickens -
outstrips -
overtakes -
outpaces -
outruns -
catches up -
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