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2 definitions found 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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