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71loiter — v. n. Lag, linger, delay, tarry, saunter, dillydally, move slowly, be dilatory …
72balance — n 1. scale, scales, steelyard, measure; beam, lever. 2. equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equipollen cy, equiponderance, equiponderancy; equivalence, equality, parity, par; equalization, uniformity, symmetry. 3. poise, composure, aplomb,… …
73dabble — v 1. splash, splatter, slosh, swash; sprinkle, spray, asperge; moisten, dampen, damp, wet, wet down. 2. splash about, paddle, (in water) play. 3. potter, putter, tinker, fiddle, Inf. fool around; trifle, dally, dillydally; half know, know a… …
74dally — v 1. sport, play, Sl. mess or fool around; caress, cuddle, coddle, pet, Sl. canoodle; nuzzle, make love, bill and coo, Inf. spoon, Inf. neck, Inf. smooch, Sl. make out. 2. trifle, toy, flirt; potter, putter, smatter, tinker, fiddle, Inf. fool… …
75delay — v 1. defer, postpone, suspend, table, shelve, Sl. put on the shelf, pigeonhole, prorogue; hold off, hold up, lay over, refrain from further action, hold in abeyance, put in cold storage, put on ice, put on a back burner, hang fire, put in a… …
76drag — v 1. haul, hale, lug, draw, pull, strain; tow, take in tow, tug; trawl, troll, trail. 2. dredge; rake, harrow, grade. 3.(all usu. in reference to irrelevant matter) introduce, insert, bring in, put in, stick in, pop in, slip in, work in, worm in …
77draggle — v 1. drabble, bedrabble, bedraggle, Archaic. daggle; (all by dragging through mud, dirt, etc.) soil, dirty, muddy, begrime, bemire. 2. straggle, drag or trail or lag behind, dally, dillydally, shillyshally, Inf. lallygag …
78fiddle — n 1. violin, viol, viola, cello; crowd or crwth. 2. fit as a fiddle healthy, in good health, sound, fit, robust, in fine fettle, Inf. in shape or in good shape v 3. twiddle; fuss with, fool with, toy with, play with, fidget with, finger; (of a… …
79hesitate — v 1. pause, wait, delay, hang back; procrastinate, hold off, hold [s.t.] up, lay [s.t.] over, refrain from further action, let the matter stand; balk, recoil, shrink, swerve, shy; dally, dillydally; temporize, put off, Inf. drag one s feet, Inf.… …
80idle — adj 1. inactive, unoccupied, at leisure, doing nothing; unemployed, workless, out of work, not working, jobless, out of a job, Inf. collecting, on the dole, on welfare; vagrant, Inf. on the bum. 2. unfilled, vacuous, vacant, empty, not in use,… …
