Sekirov Dictionary

dangle

/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/

verb 7
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 1

verb7

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To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
- His feet are dangling in the water.
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To hang or trail something loosely.
- I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
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Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
- Record the time and duration of dangling, patient's pulse and respirations and patient's general tolerance of the procedure. […] The next step usually in getting the patient out of bed is sitting […] — 1976
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To position (a patient) in this way.
- Using proper body mechanics for dangling a patient at the side of the bed. — 2012
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(figurative) To put forth as a possibility.
- That it happens to have been produced under the imprimatur of Michael Bay dangles the possibility of poor taste, but unfortunately, bombast and conspicuous consumption are nowhere to be found. — 2020
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(slang) 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.
- He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.
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(old-fashioned) To trail or follow around.
- To dangle at the elbow of a wench who can't make up her mind to accept the common title of wife, till she has been courted a certain number of weeks — so the old blinker, her father, says. — 1833

noun3

A dangling ornament or decoration.
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(slang) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
- That was a sick dangle for a great goal!
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An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
- The example of Oswald will show how the different operations of a dangle and a barium meal would work more efficiently together. — 2017

forms

dangled · dangling · dangles

Phrases with dangle

dangle after
To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.

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