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dangledangle /ˈdæŋgəl/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYdangleOrigin: 1500-1600 Probably from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEdangle |
Present | I, you, we, they | dangle | | he, she, it | dangles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dangled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dangled | | he, she, it | has dangled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dangled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dangle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dangled |
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Present | I | am dangling | | he, she, it | is dangling | | you, we, they | are dangling | Past | I, he, she, it | was dangling | | you, we, they | were dangling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dangling | | he, she, it | has been dangling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dangling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dangling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dangling |
1 [intransitive, transitive] to hang or swing loosely, or make something do this: dangle from A cigarette dangled from her mouth.dangle something over/in something I sat and dangled my legs over the side of the dock.dangle something by something The phone had been left dangling by its cord.2dangle something in front of somebody to show or promise something that someone wants in order to make him or her do what you want → tantalize: Management had dangled a huge pay raise in front of them.3leave somebody dangling disapproving to give someone no information about what will happen next or in the end: The author leaves us dangling at the end of every chapter.4leave something dangling disapproving to fail to make a decision about something so that it still needs to be dealt with: Too many important issues have been left dangling. |