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dangle

/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/ verbo C1

En español: pender

  1. To hang loosely with the ability to swing. (intransitive) · His feet are dangling in the water.
  2. 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. (intransitive, slang) · He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.
  3. To hang or trail something loosely. (transitive) · I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
  4. To put forth as a possibility. (figuratively, transitive)
  5. To trail or follow around. (dated, intransitive)
  6. Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed. (intransitive)
  7. To position (a patient) in this way. (transitive)

He/she/it dangles · Pasado dangled · Participio pasado dangled · Forma en -ing dangling

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De la biblioteca

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.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 3 · B2
When he had finished he sat for some little time lost in thought with the letter dangling from his fingers.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 51 · B2
He was running wildly towards them, his absurd net dangling behind him.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 108 · C1

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