Overview of noun shillyshally

The noun shillyshally has 1 sense

• procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally -- (the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time)

Overview of verb shillyshally

The verb shillyshally has 2 senses

• shillyshally -- (be uncertain and vague)


• procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days")