dandle

Plural: dandles

Verb

Verb Forms: dandled, dandling, dandles

To fondle or bounce a baby or child gently on one's knee.
move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
pet
- "the grandfather dandled the small child"
To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.
To treat with fondness or affection, as if a child; to pet.
To play with; to wheedle.

Noun

A teeter-totter; a seesaw.

Examples

Some players DANDLE their tiles, hoping a better letter arrangement will magically appear.

Origin / Etymology

Compare Scots dandill (“to dander; go about idly; move uncertainly; trifle”), English dialectal dander (“to wander about; talk incoherently; rave”), Middle Dutch dantinnen (“to trifle”) (from French dandiner (“to swing; waddle”)), German dändeln, tändeln (“to trifle, dandle”), Middle Dutch and Provincial German danten (“to do foolish things; trifle”), German Tand (“trifle, prattle”).

Synonyms

fondle, pamper

Scrabble Score: 8

dandle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dandle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dandle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

dandle: valid Words With Friends Word