Dan″gle (dăṉ″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.
He'd rather on a gibbet dangle
Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras.
From her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson.
To dangle aboutorafter, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them,
are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift.