dandle /ˈdændəl/verb 3noun 1forms 3 verb3 •To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.the young mother sat [the infant] upright in her lap, and[…]dandled it with a gloomy indifference. — 1891 •To treat with fondness or affection, as if a child; to pet.The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. — 1807 •(no longer used) To play with; to wheedle.captaines, who notwithstanding that they are specially imployed to make peace thorough strong execution of warre, yet they doe so dandle their doings, and dallie in the service to them committed — 1596 noun1 •A teeter-totter; a seesaw. formsdandled · dandling · dandles
