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Dan"gle (dă&nsmacr_;"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.
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He'd rather on a gibbet dangle
Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras.
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From her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson.
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To dangle about or To dangle after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
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The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them,
are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift.
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Dan"gle (?), v. t. To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.
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And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. Sir W. Scott.
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