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Verb
S:
(v)
dally
,
toy
,
play
,
flirt
(behave carelessly or indifferently)
"Play about with a young girl's affection"
S:
(v)
dally
,
dawdle
(waste time)
"Get busy--don't dally!"
S:
(v)
chat up
,
flirt
,
dally
,
butterfly
,
coquet
,
coquette
,
romance
,
philander
,
mash
(talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions)
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
S:
(v)
dally
,
trifle
,
play
(consider not very seriously)
"He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"