dangle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/
dangle (dangles, present participle dangling; past and past participle dangled)
- (intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
- He'd rather on a gibbet dangle / Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle.
- 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the poem)”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], OCLC 879237670 ↗:
- From her lifted hand / Dangled a length of ribbon.
- His feet would dangle in the water.
- (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.
- He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.
- (transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.
- I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
- (intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around.
- 1833, Miller's Modern Acting Drama
- To dangle at the elbow of a wench who can't make up her mind to accept the common title of wife, till she has been courted a certain number of weeks — so the old blinker, her father, says.
- 1833, Miller's Modern Acting Drama
- (medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
- 1976, R. Winifred Heyward Johnson, Douglass W. Johnson, Introduction to Nursing Care (page 139)
- Record the time and duration of dangling, patient's pulse and respirations and patient's general tolerance of the procedure. […] The next step usually in getting the patient out of bed is sitting […]
- 2012, Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Pocket Nursing Skills: What You Need to Know Now
- [P]ivot to bring the patient's legs over the side of the bed. Be Smart! Stay with the patient as he dangles.
- 1976, R. Winifred Heyward Johnson, Douglass W. Johnson, Introduction to Nursing Care (page 139)
- (medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way.
- 2012, Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Pocket Nursing Skills: What You Need to Know Now
- Using proper body mechanics for dangling a patient at the side of the bed.
- 2012, Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Pocket Nursing Skills: What You Need to Know Now
- French: pendre, pendouiller
- German: baumeln
- Italian: penzolare
- Russian: висе́ть
- Spanish: pender
- Italian: far penzolare
- Russian: болта́ть
dangle (plural dangles)
- 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.
- That was a sick dangle for a great goal!
- A dangling ornament or decoration.
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