Dangle

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  • intransitive verb. To hang loosely and swing or sway to and fro.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to hang loosely or swing.
  • intransitive verb. To offer as an inducement or an enticement.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of the points, bobs, rings, or the like, that dangle from an object.
  • To hang loosely; be suspended so as to be swayed be the wind or any slight force.
  • Hence To dance attendance; hover longingly or importunately, as for notice or favors: used of persons, with about or after: as, to dangle about a woman; to dangle after a great man.
  • To carry suspended so as to swing; hold up with a swaying motion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
  • intransitive verb. to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to hang loosely with the ability to swing
  • verb. the action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie. Probably from It looks like he's dangling the puck on a string.
  • verb. to hang or trail something loosely
  • noun. An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
  • noun. The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to dangle or hang freely
  • verb. hang freely
  • Word Usage
    "Thirty years before, I asked Jim Angleton of the CIA if the Nosenko walk-in was what he called a dangle, and he waved me on."
    Equivalent
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    suspend  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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    Words with the same meaning
    advertise  affect  air  around  bag  
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