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langay [lá.ngay.] : dally (v.); mope (v.); tarry (v.)
Synonyms: bangay

Derivatives of langay


Glosses:
dally
v. (social)1. dally, flirt, play, toybehave carelessly or indifferently.; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
~ trifle, dally, playconsider not very seriously.; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
~ act, moveperform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
v. (motion)2. dally, dawdlewaste time.; "Get busy--don't dally!"
~ behave, act, dobehave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
v. (communication)3. butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romancetalk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
~ talk, speakexchange thoughts; talk with.; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
~ wantonengage in amorous play.
~ vampact seductively with (someone).
v. (cognition)4. dally, play, trifleconsider not very seriously.; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
~ look at, deal, consider, taketake into consideration for exemplifying purposes.; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
~ dally, toy, flirt, playbehave carelessly or indifferently.; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
mope
n. (person)1. dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mopesomeone who wastes time.
~ do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bumperson who does no work.; "a lazy bum"
v. (motion)2. mope, mope aroundmove around slowly and aimlessly.
~ movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
v. (emotion)3. moon about, moon around, mopebe apathetic, gloomy, or dazed.
~ behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
tarry
v. (stative)1. footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarrybe about.; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
~ behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
~ prowl, lurchloiter about, with no apparent aim.
v. (motion)2. linger, tarryleave slowly and hesitantly.
~ go forth, leave, go awaygo away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
adj. 3. pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarryhaving the characteristics of pitch or tar.
~ adhesivetending to adhere.