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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

dalliance
    n 1: the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of
         working [syn: dalliance, dawdling, trifling]
    2: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn:
       flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance,
       toying]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dalliance \Dal"li*ance\, n. [From Dally.]
   1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of
      caresses; wanton play.
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            Look thou be true, do not give dalliance
            Too much the rein.                    --Shak.
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            O, the dalliance and the wit,
            The flattery and the strife!          --Tennyson.
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   2. Delay or procrastination. --Shak.
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   3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Thesaurus Results for Dalliance:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

amorous dalliance, amorous looks, billing and cooing, bundling, caressing, come-hither look, coquetry, coquettish glances, coquettishness, coyness, cuddling, dabbling, dallying, dawdling, dilatoriness, dillydallying, fiddling, flirtation, flirtatiousness, fondling, fooling, fooling around, goo-goo eyes, hugging, idling, jerking off, kidding around, kissing, lag, lagging, lingering, loitering, lollygagging, lovemaking, messing around, monkeying, monkeying around, necking, nestling, nuzzling, ogle, petting, piddling, playing, playing around, pottering, procrastination, puttering, sexual intercourse, shilly-shallying, smattering, snuggling, spooning, tarriance, tarrying, tinkering, toying, trifling, waiting

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