do vs dally
dally vs dodo is a noun but dally is not a noun.
do and dally both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| do | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| dally | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
dally is a hyponym of
do; that is, dally is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
do:
- do: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- dally: waste time
Other hyponyms of do include
act involuntarily, act reflexively, bend over backwards, fall over backwards, presume, vulgarise, vulgarize, optimise, optimize, quack, menace, make, bluster, swagger, swash, freeze, wanton, romanticize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentise, sentimentize, bungle, play, toy, act, act as, play, stooge, jest, joke, piffle, make, make as if, break down, lose it, snap, fluster, dawdle, assert, put forward, backslap, deal, hugger mugger, walk around, sauce, pose, posture, footle, frivol, trifle, puff up, swell, follow, loosen up, relax, rage, ramp, storm, wildin', spaz, thug.
| do (noun) | dally (noun) |
|---|---|
| an uproarious party | |
| the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization |
| do (verb) | dally (verb) |
|---|---|
| arrange attractively | consider not very seriously |
| behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions |
| create or design, often in a certain way | waste time |
| carry out or perform an action | behave carelessly or indifferently |
| give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally | |
| travel or traverse (a distance) | |
| engage in | |
| carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | |
| carry on or function | |
| get (something) done | |
| proceed or get along | |
| be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | |
| spend time in prison or in a labor camp |
Words related to "do"
- accomplish
- acquit
- act
- act as
- act involuntarily
- act reflexively
- action
- actuate
- ad-lib
- admit
- answer
- appear
- arrange
- assert
- backslap
- bash
- bear
- behave
- bend over backwards
- blaze away
- bluster
- bob
- brawl
- break down
- breed
- bridge over
- bungle
- call forth
- carry
- carry out
- carry through
- cast
- cause
- churn out
- click off
- coif
- coiffe
- coiffure
- come
- comport
- conduct
- create
- curry
- cut
- cut corners
- dally
- dawdle
- deal
- declaim
- deport
- determine
- direct
- dissemble
- do one's best
- do work
- doer
- doh
- dress
- effect
- effectuate
- engender
- evoke
- exaggerate
- execute
- exercise
- extemporise
- extemporize
- facilitate
- fall over backwards
- fare
- fluster
- follow
- footle
- force
- freeze
- frivol
- fulfil
- fulfill
- function
- get along
- give full measure
- give one's best
- go
- go a long way
- go all out
- go around
- groom
- hold
- hugger mugger
- impel
- improvise
- improvize
- incite
- influence
- initiate
- interpret
- jest
- joke
- keep going
- kick up
- lead
- live up to
- locomote
- loosen up
- lose it
- make
- make as if
- make out
- manage
- measure up
- menace
- misdo
- mold
- motivate
- mould
- move
- neaten
- occasion
- optimise
- optimize
- overachieve
- overdo
- party
- pass
- perform
- piffle
- pioneer
- pipe up
- play
- ply
- pose
- posture
- practice
- practise
- premier
- premiere
- presume
- pretend
- proceed
- prompt
- propel
- provoke
- puff up
- put forward
- quack
- qualify
- rage
- ramp
- recite
- regulate
- rehearse
- relax
- render
- romanticize
- satisfy
- sauce
- scamp
- sentimentalise
- sentimentalize
- sentimentise
- sentimentize
- serenade
- serve
- set
- set up
- shamanise
- shamanize
- shape
- snap
- solfa syllable
- spawn
- spaz
- spend
- star
- stooge
- storm
- stunt
- suffice
- swagger
- swash
- swell
- thug
- tide over
- toy
- travel
- trifle
- turn
- underachieve
- underperform
- ut
- vulgarise
- vulgarize
- walk around
- wanton
- wave
- wildin'
- work
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