0 past participle, past simple of shilly-shally
1 to spend too much time doing something or making a decision because you do not know what is the right thing to do:
Stop shilly-shallying and make a decision now!
When they returned, having raised the money, the council shilly-shallied.
Both have shilly-shallied, avoided and dodged the issue.
They have not shilly-shallied as we have in regard to this question.
Instead of that, they shilly-shallied and talked small town stuff like a couple of debaters in a school debating society.
Month after month, sowing time after sowing time, they have shilly-shallied and have delayed and evaded the issue.
They have not shilly-shallied about it.
