Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To hang loosely and swing or sway to and fro.
- intransitive verb To cause to hang loosely or swing.
- intransitive verb To offer as an inducement or an enticement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the points, bobs, rings, or the like, that dangle from an object.
- To hang loosely; be suspended so as to be swayed be the wind or any slight force.
- Hence To dance attendance; hover longingly or importunately, as for notice or favors: used of persons, with about or after: as, to
dangle about a woman; to dangle after a great man. - To carry suspended so as to swing; hold up with a swaying motion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
- intransitive verb to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
- transitive verb To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to
hang loosely with the ability toswing - verb intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse the action of performing a move or
deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie. Probably from It looks like he's dangling the puck on a string. - verb transitive to
hang ortrail something loosely - noun An agent of one
intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested indefecting orturning to another intelligence agency or group. - noun slang, ice hockey, lacrosse The action of
dangling ; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to dangle or hang freely
- verb hang freely
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Thirty years before, I asked Jim Angleton of the CIA if the Nosenko walk-in was what he called a dangle, and he waved me on.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Thirty years before, I asked Jim Angleton of the CIA if the Nosenko walk-in was what he called a dangle, and he waved me on.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Thirty years before, I asked Jim Angleton of the CIA if the Nosenko walk-in was what he called a dangle, and he waved me on.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Thirty years before, I asked Jim Angleton of the CIA if the Nosenko walk-in was what he called a dangle, and he waved me on.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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He concentrated on that, letting the guitar fall and dangle from the strap around his neck.
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Ribbons, pearl and purple, dangle from the maypole down to the pale hands of children, who pull them, giggling.
Under the Maypole 2009
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What about those things some people dangle from the rear of their trucks?
The Volokh Conspiracy » (Maybe) Racist Vanity Plates and the First Amendment 2010
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Ribbons, pearl and purple, dangle from the maypole down to the pale hands of children, who pull them, giggling.
Under the Maypole 2009
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Didn't he dangle from the aerial tram for a rope rescue demonstration?
If they're going to re-do PGE Park yet again... (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Four people attached to a massive banner dangle from a Pittsburgh bridge Wednesday to protest the G-20 summit.
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