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dangle (encz) | dangle,houpat v: Zdeněk Brož |
dangle (encz) | dangle,klátit v: Jiri Syrovy |
dangle (encz) | dangle,kývat v: PetrV |
dangle (encz) | dangle,mávat v: PetrV |
dangle (encz) | dangle,pohupovat se v: Pino |
dangle (encz) | dangle,viset v: Pino |
Dangle (gcide) | 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.
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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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Dangle (gcide) | Dangle \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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dangle (wn) | dangle
v 1: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing,
drop]
2: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments
from the Christmas tree" |
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