Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dangle"

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dangle \Dan"gle\, v. t.
To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely;
as, to dangle the feet.

And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume.
--Sir W.
Scott.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

dangle
v 1: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: {swing}, {drop}]
2: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments
from the Christmas tree"

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