Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)To hang loosely with the ability to swing.

    His feet are dangling in the water.

    baumeln

    висе́тьvisétʹ, болтатьсяboltatʹsja, кача́тьсяkačátʹsja

    теліпа́тисяtelipátysja

    hang loosely

  2. (intransitive, slang)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.

  3. (transitive)To hang or trail something loosely.

    I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.

    baumeln (mit), schlenkern (mit), baumeln lassen

    болта́тьboltátʹ, кача́тьkačátʹ

    cause to dangle or hang freely

  4. (broadly, figuratively, transitive)To put forth as a possibility.

  5. (dated, intransitive)To trail or follow around.

  6. (intransitive)Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.

  7. (transitive)To position (a patient) in this way.

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Tom dangled his feet in the water.

    ruТом болтал ногами в воде. — marafon

  2. Tom had his key dangling around his neck on a chain.

    deToms Schlüssel baumelte an einer Kette um seinen Hals. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom sat on the pier, dangling his feet in the water.

  4. Tom likes to sit on the dock with his feet dangling in the water.

    deTom sitzt gern am Kai und lässt die Beine im Wasser baumeln. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Her feet dangled in the water.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
hang loosely:
Русский
By meaning 2
hang loosely:
hang or trail something loosely:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
hang loosely:
hang or trail something loosely:

Origin

Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dan

Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (“to hit”).

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Forms

dangles, dangling, dangled, dangled
Base formdangle · to dangle
3rd person singulardangles
Present participledangling
Past simpledangled
Past participledangled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydangle
he, she, itdangles

Past simpleLesson

all personsdangled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dangled
he, she, ithas dangled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dangle

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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