More Double-barrelled words - 3

dilly-dally             hidey-hole                shilly-shally               wishy-washy           criss-cross                                    tip-top               tee-hee         ship-shape              see-saw                   gol-mol

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

1. dilly-dally  (V)

Meaning:-

• postpone doing what one should be doing
• to take long to do something

Usages:-

1. Don't dilly-dally on the way home from school.
2. He did not want to write the letter and dilly-dallied for days.                                                                                                               

2. hidey-hole  (N)

Meaning:-

• a place suitable for hiding something
• a place where somebody hides, especially in order to avoid being with other people

Usages:-

1. Pakistan was a hidey-hole for Osama.
2. We make bus a hidey-hole for being hidden.                                                                                                                                                        

3. shilly-shally  (N/V)

Meaning:-

• to take a long time to do something, especially to take a decision
• the act of procrastinating

Usages:-

1. Stop shilly-shallying and make up your mind.
2. He shillyshallied for days.                                                                                                                                             

4. wishy-washy (Adj.)

Meaning:-

• weak in willpower and courage
• not having clear or firm ideas or beliefs
• not bright in colour

Usages:-

1. He is a wishy-washy man.
2. Uneducated leaders act like wishy-washy.  

5. criss-cross  (Adj./V)

Meaning:-

• with many straight line that cross each other
• to make a pattern on something with many straight lines that cross each other (V)

Usages:-

1. The city is criss-crossed with canals.
2. Children criss-cross on their books.                                                                                                                                                        

6. tip-top  (N/Adj.)

Meaning:-

• of the highest quality
• the extreme top 

Usages:-

1. The house is in tip-top condition.                                                                                                                                                        

7. tee-hee  (N/Interject.)

Meaning:-

• to laugh
• used to represent the sound of quiet laugh

Usages:-

1. Tee-hee! the last paragraph is the false paragraph.                                 

8. ship-shape  (Adj.)

Meaning:-

• clean and neat; in good condition and ready to use

Usages:-

1. A ship-shape room.
2. Ship-shape office of Microsoft                                                                              

9. see-saw  (N/V)

Meaning:-

• a situation in which things keep changing from one state to another and back again
• to keep changing from one situation, opinion, emotion, etc. to another and back again

Usages:-

1. The match was a see-saw battle between the two teams.
2. Share prices see-sawed all day.                                                                              

10. gol-mol (N)  (Anglo-Indian origin)

Meaning:-

• noise, hoo-ha, commotion

Usages:-

1. Class room is full of gol-mol.
2. A sudden raise of gol-mol in the city.

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