English Explanatory Dictionary

dangle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
  2. The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
  3. To hang or trail something loosely.
  4. To put forth as a possibility.
  5. To trail or follow around.
  6. Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
  7. To position (a patient) in this way.
noun
  1. An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
  2. The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
  3. A dangling ornament or decoration.

Pronunciation

/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/ [ˈdæŋ.ɡl̩] En-au-dangle.ogg /ˈdeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/ [ˈdeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩] /ˈdɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ [ˈdɛ̃ŋ.ɡl̩]

Word forms

dangle dangles dangling dangled

Etymology

Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (“to hit”).

Derived words

adangle bedangle danglable dangleable dangle after dangleberry dangler dangle the Dunlops dangling else dangling link danglingly dangling modifier dangling participle dangling pointer dangly dingleberry dingle-dangle overdangle wangle

Translations

Albanian: luhat Arabic: تَدَلَّى Arabic: تَهَدَّلَ Bulgarian: вися Catalan: penjar Dutch: bengelen Dutch: bungelen Esperanto: pendeti Finnish: roikkua Finnish: riippua Finnish: roikottaa Finnish: riiputtaa French: pendre French: pendouiller Galician: pender Galician: pendurar Galician: colgar German: baumeln Hungarian: csüng Hungarian: fityeg Hungarian: lóbál Italian: penzolare Māori: tāewa Māori: tautau Māori: tāwēwē Māori: tārewarewa Māori: tārewa Portuguese: pender Portuguese: pendurar Romanian: bălăbăni Romanian: legăna Russian: висе́ть Russian: болтаться Russian: кача́ться Spanish: pender Telugu: వ్రేలాడు Tocharian B: länk- Ukrainian: теліпа́тися Venetan: pindoƚar Vietnamese: treo Vietnamese: lủng lẳng
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