- procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
--1 is a kind of delay, holdup
Derived form: verb shillyshally2
- shillyshally - be uncertain and vague
--1 is one way to hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- 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"
--2 is one way to delay
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun shillyshally1
Somebody ----s
- 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"