v.
Pronunciation: ' da ŋ -g ə l
Function: verb
Inflected Form: dan · gled ; dan · gling \ -g( ə -)li ŋ \
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish dangle to dangle
Date: 1565
intransitive verb
1 : to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely
2 : to be a hanger-on or a dependent
3 : to occur in a sentence without having a normally expected syntactic relation to the rest of the sentence (as climbing in “ Climbing the mountain the cabin came into view ” ) <a dangling participle> <a dangling modifier>
transitive verb
1 : to cause to dangle : SWING < dangled her feet in the water>
2 a : to keep hanging uncertainly b : to hold out as an inducement
– dan · gler \ -g( ə -)l ə r \ noun