dally vs hurry

dally

verb
  • To delay unnecessarily; to while away. 

  • To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle. 

  • To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal 

  • To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet 

noun
  • Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping. 

hurry

verb
  • To cause to be done quickly. 

  • Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. 

  • To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. 

  • To do things quickly. 

  • To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. 

  • To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway. 

noun
  • Rushed action. 

  • Urgency. 

  • an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play. 

  • A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation. 

How often have the words dally and hurry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )