1. brief romantic or flirtatious relationships
2. acts of wasting time or delaying

Examples

• Her summer dalliances never led to serious relationships.
• The celebrity’s romantic dalliances were constantly in the tabloids.
• He had several brief dalliances before meeting his future wife.
• The committee’s dalliances with minor issues delayed the important vote.
• Stop these dalliances and focus on your work.
• His dalliances in the garden made him late for dinner.
• The project suffered due to management’s dalliances with unnecessary details.