dangler
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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