What is the meaning of shillyshally?

noun

• The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time.
  • synonyms: procrastination, cunctation

verb

• Be uncertain and vague.
• Postpone doing what one should be doing.
  • usage: "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
  • synonyms: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, dillydally