dangle
/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/ verb C1- To hang loosely with the ability to swing. · His feet are dangling in the water.
- 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.
- To hang or trail something loosely. · I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
- To put forth as a possibility.
- To trail or follow around.
- Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
- To position (a patient) in this way.
He/she/it dangles · Past dangled · Past participle dangled · -ing form dangling
Verb forms
- Base form
- dangle
- He/she/it
- dangles
- Past
- dangled
- Past participle
- dangled
- -ing form
- dangling
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He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat, unbuttoned in the front, and a drab waistcoat with a heavy brassy Albert chain, and a square pierced bit of metal dangling down as an ornament.
When he had finished he sat for some little time lost in thought with the letter dangling from his fingers.
He was running wildly towards them, his absurd net dangling behind him.
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