dan·gle /ˈdæŋgəl/
(vi.)搖晃地懸掛著,追求(vt.)使搖晃地懸掛搖晃地懸掛
Dan·gle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dangled p. pr. & vb. n. Dangling ] 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 To dangle 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.
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.
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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"