dalliance
pronunciation
How to pronounce dalliance in British English:
UK [ˈdæliəns]
How to pronounce dalliance in American English:
US [ˈdæliəns]
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- Noun:
- the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
Word Origin
Example
- 1. In jordan , this is a shortcut to signal interest in a dalliance .
- 2. The christmas episode-in which the hero forgives his lady 's dalliance with a turk , and a valet is condemned for murder-beat " eastenders " , a cherished soap opera of the modern working class , in the ratings .
- 3. But as microsoft 's dalliance with hardware suggests , it may be time to try some radical measures .
- 4. Now , gen petraeus , the most prominent military leader in a generation , who went on to head the cia and had been mentioned as a future presidential candidate , has wrought his own downfall in a dalliance with his biographer .
- 5. Most poisonous of all , when a junior woman is having a sexual dalliance with the boss , 60 % of male executives and 65 % of female executives suspect that salary hikes and plum assignments are being traded for sexual favors .