dangle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dangle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dangle v hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling" Synonym(s): dangle, swing, drop cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dangle \Dan"gle\, v. t. To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet. And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. --Sir W. Scott.