DANGLE, DANGLING
ADJECTIVES
► A-COCKBILL dangling free → 19C nautical colloq.
► BEDANGLED beset with things dangling about one → 1601
► DANKING dangling → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PENDILATORY pendulous, dangling → 1653 obs.
ADVERBS
► A-DANGLE in a dangling state or position → 1855
NOUNS
► DANGLEMENTS dangling appendages; tassels, etc.→ 1855 Eng. dial.
► TANGLE anything dangling and long, as a tress of hair, a long root-fibre, a torn loosely-pendent strip of cloth, etc.→ 1864 Eng. dial.
► TANKLING a dangling thing; a pendant → 1874 Eng. dial.
► WALLOP a dangling loose; the act of fluttering → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
► DANYEL to dangle; to jolt, as a cart on a rough road → 1825 Sc. obs.
► DILLUP to dangle the legs → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DINGLE to dangle, to hang loosely → 1885 Eng. dial.
► DINGLE-DANGLE to dangle, to hang loosely → 1885 Eng. dial.
► PAGGLE to dangle, to hang loosely; to bulge, to swell out as a bag → c1590 obs.
► WALLOP to dangle, to move to and fro, to wave, to flap, to flutter, to swing or shake → 1822 chiefly Sc. & colloq.
► WANGLE to dangle; to wag → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)