Dally
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle. To interchange caresses, especially of a sexual nature; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport (cf dalliance) To delay unnecessarily; to while away. To wrap the rope around the saddle horn after roping an animal.
Flirt
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: pert; wanton
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.To run about; to dart; to flit; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice.To play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.(figurative) to consider or contemplate
Example sentence: Teen authors love to flirt with taboo, to grapple - sensitively - with dark and frightening issues, and there is nothing darker and more frightening than cancer.