Dangle
['dæŋg(ə)l] or ['dæŋɡl]
Definition
(verb.) cause to dangle or hang freely; 'He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree'.
(verb.) hang freely; 'the ornaments dangled from the tree'; 'The light dropped from the ceiling'.
Typist: Nicholas--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
(v. t.) To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.
Typed by Edmund
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Swing, hang loose.[2]. Fawn, hang about, be obsequious.
Checker: Lyman
Definition
v.t. to hang loosely or with a swinging motion: to follow any one about.—v.t. to make to dangle.—n. Dan′gler one who dangles about others esp. about women.
Typist: Lolita
Examples
- He followed after her, and stood with the lanterns dangling against his white-flannelled thighs, emphasising the shadow around. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He's got the freak of being a popular man now, after dangling about like a stray tortoise. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her little ears were like rosy shells--they had a pearl dangling from each of them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Above my head I could see the dangling forms of the boarding party as the battleship raced over us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In another moment the deck reared at an angle of ninety degrees and we hung in our leather with feet dangling a thousand yards above the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I made it up all by myself, said Helena triumphantly, dangling the chain before him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She was always dangling and ogling after him, I recollect now; and I've no doubt she was put on by her old sharper of a father. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A double eyeglass dangled at his waistcoat; and on his head he wore a very low-crowned hat with a broad brim. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As he dangled from the hook it was exaggerated and intensified until he was scarce human in his appearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Presently they came in contact with a small chain at the end of which dangled a number of keys. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Checker: Neil