shillyshally

Noun

• the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

Verb

• postpone doing what one should be doing
  • He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
    

• be uncertain and vague

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  procrastination , cunctation , procrastinate , stall , drag one's feet , drag one's heels , dilly-dally , dillydally