Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which dangles or hangs; one who dangles about another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who
dangles about others, especially after women.
Etymologies
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Examples
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She landed on her bed; it was the sort commonly called a "dangler"-- a two person hammock of strong but lightweight demi-silk, anchored to the ceiling at four points.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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She landed on her bed; it was the sort commonly called a "dangler"-- a two person hammock of strong but lightweight demi-silk, anchored to the ceiling at four points.
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"This case seems potentially more serious than the Sestak matter for at least three reasons: the dangler was a government official and not a private citizen/intermediary; the jobs dangled were paid positions (unlike the unpaid advisory slot dangled to Sestak); and Romanoff is not obviously as qualified for these jobs as Sestak was for the position discussed with him."
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I desire my lady's man may be eail'd my lady's dangler, which is the term at Court for such sort of cattle.
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I think the Park Slope 'dangler' and the Prospect Park Prince are one and the same.
Throwing Down Your Arms: A Time and Place for Everything BikeSnobNYC 2010
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You can see from the middle pic that the choker has a "dangler" down the back for an even more sexy look, esp with a dress!
Fashion World of SL 2009
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Muradjan Halmuratov Uzbekistan was the final dangler caught just before the final lap to go.
Elia Viviani confirms with win over Robbie McEwen in historic Indian race 2011
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Can I borrow, puhleeze, a Boyden pic, IOW, you lovable loyal right royal lure-dangler, you?
A List of top Mysteries, Literary and otherwise…with one Appalling Oversight 2008
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You see I've never been a radio listener, a CD swapper, or an earbud dangler.
September 2008 2008
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You see I've never been a radio listener, a CD swapper, or an earbud dangler.
ruzuzu commented on the word dangler
Danglers are "ordinarily unattached participles, either present participles (ending in -ing) or past participles (ending usu. in -ed), that do not relate syntactically to the nouns they are supposed to modify. In effect, the participle tries to sever its relationship with its noun or pronoun."
- A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage 244 (2d ed. 1995) by Bryan A. Garner
See dangling modifier.
June 29, 2010