dangle
IPA: dˈæŋgʌɫ
noun
- An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
- (slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
- A dangling ornament or decoration.
verb
- (intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
- (intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
- (transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) To put forth as a possibility.
- (intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around.
- (medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
- (medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way.
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Examples of "dangle" in Sentences
- Thus I dangle the string from the sphere.
- So they tie the rope to a tank of gas and dangle it over the water.
- The husband even wore the same outfit as Dangle, with the tight pants.
- Tendrils and a few shorter tentacles dangle from the bottom of the head.
- The arms and legs are also stuffed, and dangle from the main pillow body.
- Move the second paragraph to follow the first so the intro doesn't dangle.
- The roots dangle freely in the air, and are not hindered by any growing medium.
- Creed approaches her and dangles a chain of paper clips in front of the infant.
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