dangle

Plural: dangles

Verb

Verb Forms: dangled, dangling, dangles

To hang or swing loosely; to suspend.
hang freely
- "the ornaments dangled from the tree"
cause to dangle or hang freely
- "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"
To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
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.
To hang or trail something loosely.
To put forth as a possibility.
To trail or follow around.
Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
To position (a patient) in this way.

Noun

An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
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.

Examples

He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.
His feet are dangling in the water.
His opponent’s unplayed Q tile seemed to DANGLE mockingly at the end of their rack.
I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
That was a sick dangle for a great goal!

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

drop, swing

Scrabble Score: 8

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

Words With Friends Score: 11

dangle: valid Words With Friends Word