home Steven Ly dangle dan⋅gle [dang-guhl] –verb (used without object) 1. to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze. 2. to hang around or follow a person, as if seeking favor or attention. 3. Grammar. to occur as a modifier without a head or as a participle without an implied subject, as leaving the tunnel in The daylight was blinding, leaving the tunnel. –verb (used with object) 4. to cause to dangle; hold or carry swaying loosely. 5. to offer as an inducement. –noun 6. the act of dangling. 7. something that dangles. d a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z dangle death darkness deprivation deer desert desk destruction dif-doi decapitate dairy dead defeat