dallies

/D AE1 L IY0 Z/
verb
  1. 1

    To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.

  2. 2

    To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet

  3. 3

    To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

noun
  1. 1

    Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.

verb
  1. 1

    To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal

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