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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dangle \Dan"gle\ (d[a^][ng]"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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dangling
adj : supported from above; "the child dabbled his dangling feet
in the water"; "fuchsias in hanging pots"; "pendent
bunches of grapes"; "a suspended fireplace" [syn: {dangling(a)},
{hanging}, {pendent}, {pendant}, {suspended}]
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" [syn: {suspension}, {hanging}]
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