What does "dilly-dally" mean?

To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate.

Dilly-dally

Common synonyms include: dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, loiter, procrastinate, shillyshally.

/ˈdɪliˌdæli/ verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate. intransitive
"It is something to have been an old soldier, but more still to have been a doctor. There is no time to dilly-dally in our work."
2
postpone doing what one should be doing wordnet

"You're late! Sheesh, dilly-dally dilly-dally ..."

Reduplication of dally.