dangle
pronunciation
How to pronounce dangle in British English:
UK [ˈdæŋɡl]
How to pronounce dangle in American English:
US [ˈdæŋɡl]
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- Verb:
- hang freely
- cause to dangle or hang freely
Word Origin
- dangle (v.)
- 1590s, probably from Scandinavian (compare Danish dangle, Swedish dangla "to swing about," Norwegian dangla), perhaps via North Frisian dangeln. Related: Dangled; dangling.
Example
- 1. I don 't want to dangle from a chandelier .
- 2. Cause to dangle or hang freely .
- 3. Escape baskets slung from them dangle beside the building for people to climb into .
- 4. His own father had never answered his questions , had let them dangle in the air and disappear .
- 5. They want our personal information to dangle in front of advertisers .