bałamucić — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dally verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
- dawdle verb To move slowly or take much longer than necessary, often because of a lack of urgency.
- flirt verb To behave in a playful, teasing way toward someone to show romantic or sexual interest.
- lollygag verb To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
Senses
bałamucić is used for these senses in English:
- dally To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- flirt (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]
- have on (UK, AU, NZ, colloquial) To trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank on.
- lollygag (US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
- pick up (transitive, and, intransitive, _, with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
dally — full definition
- verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
- verb To flirt or engage in a casual romance.