Definition of dangle
(Entry 1 of 2)
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 (such as climbing in "Climbing the mountain the cabin came into view")
a dangling participle a dangling modifier
1
: to cause to dangle : swing
dangled her feet in the water
2a
: to keep hanging uncertainly
b
: to hold out as an inducement
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The first known use of dangle was in 1565
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