dangle
An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in…An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
Meaning
3 sensesAn agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
(slang)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.
Examples
29 sentencesTom dangled his feet in the water.
ruТом болтал ногами в воде. — marafon
Tom had his key dangling around his neck on a chain.
deToms Schlüssel baumelte an einer Kette um seinen Hals. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom sat on the pier, dangling his feet in the water.
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
Her feet dangled in the water.
Origin
Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish danUncertain, 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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