dangling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dangling	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dangling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dangling n the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait" Synonym(s): suspension, dangling, hanging
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dangle \Dan"gle\ (d[acr][nsm]"g'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dangling}.] [Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw. dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E. 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. --Hudibras. From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. --Tennyson. {To dangle about} [or] {after}, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. --Swift.