dangled

Variant of dangle

dangle Definition

dan·gle (daŋ′gəl)

intransitive verb dangled -·gled, dangling -·gling

to hang loosely so as to swing back and forth a long tail dangled from the kite
to be a hanger-on; follow (after)
to lack clear syntactic connection to another element in the sentence in which it occurs: said of a modifier [in “After marrying him, her trouble began,” “marrying” is a dangling participle]

Etymology: < Scand, as in Dan dangle, Ice dingla, to dangle

transitive verb

to hold (something) so that it hangs and swings loosely the child dangled the doll by one arm
to offer in a tempting or teasing way as an inducement

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down: A crew from Canvey attended the incident and a firefighter was dangled upside down over the drain to investigate.

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