"shilly-shallying" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shilly-shallyings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} shilly-shallying (plural shilly-shallyings)
  1. An act of procrastination of vacillation.
    Sense id: en-shilly-shallying-en-noun-ChxvkgPp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shilly-shallying
  1. present participle and gerund of shilly-shally Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shilly-shally
    Sense id: en-shilly-shallying-en-verb-otRi3bcP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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