Main Entry:

¹dan·gle

Pronunciation:

\ˈdaŋ-gəl\

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

dan·gled; dan·gling \-g(ə-)liŋ\

Etymology:

probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Dan dangle to dangle

Date:

1565

intransitive verb1: to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely2: to be a hanger-on or a dependent3: 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 verb1: 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-)lər\ noun