Dangle
Dangle (dan"g'l) , intransitive verb
[Akin to Danish dangle, dial. Swedish dangla, Danish dingle, Swedish dingla, Icelandic dingla; perh. from English ding.]
To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
He'd rather on a gibbet dangle
Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle.
From her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon.
The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them,
are well inclined to pull down the present establishment.
Collocations (1)
To dangle about or To dangle after , to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
Dangle , transitive verb
To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.
And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume.