7
caress(verb, play, endear)
7
dabble(verb, consider, play, abuse, waste)
7
dillydally(verb, stop, fail, delay, diminish)
7
drag(verb, move, fail, delay, draw)
7
fondle(verb, play, endear)
7
hang around(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, settle)
7
hesitate(verb, delay, stay, pause, idle)
7
vacillate(verb, delay, stay, pause, idle)
7
waste time(verb, expression, idiom, play, delay)
6
butterfly
6
chat up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, play, seduce)
6
coquette
6
fiddle(verb, fool, tease, experiment, putter)
6
hang(verb, stop, settle, delay, draw)
6
potter(verb, play, abuse, waste, trick)
6
romance(verb, endear)
6
sport(verb, play, dance, fool, tease)
5
dilly-dally(verb, play, delay, abuse, waste)
5
falter(verb, fail, delay, draw, diminish)
5
fool around(verb, expression, phrasal verb, play, delay)
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