[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 

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