[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dangle \dan"gle\ da^ng"g'l, v. i. imp.  p. p. dangled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. dangling. akin to dan. dangle, dial. sw.
   dangla, dan. dingle, sw. dingla, icel. dingla; perh. from e.
   ding.
   to hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
   1913 webster

         he'd rather on a gibbet dangle
         than miss his dear delight, to wrangle.  --hudibras.
   1913 webster

         from her lifted hand
         dangled a length of ribbon.              --tennyson.
   1913 webster

   to dangle about or to dangle after, to hang upon
      importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
      1913 webster

            the presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle
            after them,
            are well inclined to pull down the present
            establishment.                        --swift.
      1913 webster
see also:
dangled dangling to dangle about to dangle after 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dangle \dan"gle\, v. t.
   to cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely;
   as, to dangle the feet.
   1913 webster

         and the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume.
                                                  --sir w.
                                                  scott.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dangle
     v 1: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "the
          light dropped from the ceiling" syn: swing, drop
     2: cause to dangle or hang freely; "he dangled the ornaments
        from the christmas tree"
see also:
swing drop 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

118 moby thesaurus words for "dangle":
   advertise, affect, air, around, bag, betoken, blazon forth, bob,
   bobble, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward,
   bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, careen, cascade,
   coggle, daggle, demonstrate, depend, develop, disclose, display,
   divulge, drabble, drag, draggle, dramatize, drape, droop, emblazon,
   embody, enact, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose to view, express,
   fall, flap, flash, flaunt, flop, flourish, flow, fluctuate,
   flutter, follow, follow at heel, follow the crowd, give sign,
   give token, hang, hang about, hang down, highlight, hold up,
   illuminate, incarnate, indicate, librate, lop, lurch, make clear,
   make plain, manifest, materialize, mean, nod, nutate, oscillate,
   parade, pend, pendulate, perform, pitch, present, produce,
   put forth, put forward, reel, represent, resonate, reveal, rock,
   roll, roll out, sag, set forth, shake, show, show forth, sling,
   sport, spotlight, suspend, swag, sway, swing, token, toss, trail,
   trot out, trumpet, trumpet forth, unfold, vacillate, vaunt,
   vibrate, wag, waggle, wait, wave, waver, weep, wobble

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