dally
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdallydal‧ly /ˈdæli/ verb (dallied, dallying) [intransitive] 1 SLOWto take too long to do something, especially to make a decision After months of dallying, the government has finally agreed to allow the plan to go ahead. 2 SPEND TIMEto spend some time in a place, on your way to somewhere else He dallied in the Lake District for a while, then crossed to Belgium. → dally with somebody/something→ See Verb tableOrigin dally (1300-1400) Anglo-French dalier