procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally
(noun) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cunctation (countable and uncountable, plural cunctations)
(obsolete) Delay, hesitation, procrastination.
• dilation, hold-up; see also delay
Source: Wiktionary
Cunc*ta"tion (knk-t"shn), n. Etym: [L. cunctatio, fr. cunctari, p.p. cunctatus, to delay.]
Definition: Delay; procrastination. [R.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 June 2025
(verb) bestow a quality on; “Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”; “The music added a lot to the play”; “She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings”; “This adds a light note to the program”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
