Definitions for dangle

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dangle dan·gle

Spelling: [dang-guh l]

IPA: /ˈdæŋ gəl/

Dangle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in dangle (adegln).

Definitions for dangle

noun

1. the act of dangling.
2. something that dangles.

Idioms

1. keep someone dangling, to keep someone in a state of uncertainty.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to dangle; hold or carry swaying loosely.
2. to offer as an inducement.

verb (used without object)

1. to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion:
2. to hang around or follow a person, as if seeking favor or attention.
3. Grammar. to occur as a modifier without a head or as a participle without an implied subject, as leaving the tunnel in The daylight was blinding, leaving the tunnel.

Origin of dangle

1580-90; expressive word akin to Norwegian, Swedish dangla, Danish dangle dangle

Examples for dangle

She was then but fifteen, and he had just begun to dangle at her heels.

dangle mere feet from one of these behemoths to feel very small indeed.

"Very likely to dangle before somebody's eyes," he answered slyly.

The leadership may have to dangle choice committee assignments to complete the steal, and engage in other kinds of horse-trading.

And, like it or not, those are exactly the types of players at whom the Yankees like to dangle money, yearly.

They dangle not down like spindles, but hang stiff and bend at the elbow.

dangle scowled at this reference—What right had the captain to score off him?

Would the Park Avenue Armory string hundreds of Picassos or Rembrandts on wire and dangle them 45 feet in the air?

While he answered one of Mr. Crane's questions, he let them dangle from his fingers.

Plenty of novels can dangle the facts well enough to merit our page-turning interest.