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Dangle


DAN'GLE, verb intransitive

1. To hang loose, flowing, shaking or waving; to hang and swing.

He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Hudibras.

2. To hang on any one; to be a humble, officious follower; with after or about; as, to dangle about a woman; to dangle after a minister for favors.