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- pronunciation:
- daeng
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
dangles, dangling, dangled |
| definition: |
to hang loosely, esp. with a swinging motion.
The baby's legs dangled from the chair.A pendant dangled on the gold chain.I don't like earrings that dangle.- synonyms:
- hang, loll
- similar words:
- droop, swing, wave
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| related words: |
bag, fall |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to let hang or swing loosely; cause to dangle.
She dangled the key from a string.
- synonyms:
- loll
- similar words:
- hang, swing
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| definition 2: |
to offer or seem to offer (something desirable) so as to tempt or motivate.
She dangled the strip of bacon under the dog's nose.My boss dangled the prospect of a promotion in front of me. |
| related words: |
drape, loll, suspend |
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| derivations: |
danglingly (adv.), dangler (n.) |
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