dangle

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Synonyms: wangle, tangle, mangle, jangle, bangle, angle, dandle, fangle, daggle, adangle, dingle

Antonyms: wangle, tangle, mangle, jangle, bangle, angle, dandle, fangle, daggle, adangle, dingle

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[hang]] [[loosely]] with the ability to [[swing]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang|ice hockey|lacrosse}} The action of performing a move or [[deke]] with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hang]] or [[trail]] something loosely.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative|by extension}} To put [[forth]] as a [[possibility]].
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|dated}} To trail or follow around.
6. {{lb|en|medicine|intransitive}} Of a [[patient]]: to be positioned with the [[leg]]s hanging over the edge of the [[bed]].
7. {{lb|en|medicine|transitive}} To position (a patient) in this way.

Noun

1. An agent of one [[intelligence]] [[agency]] or group who pretends to be interested in [[defect]]ing or [[turn]]ing to another intelligence agency or group.
2. {{lb|en|slang|ice hockey|lacrosse}} The action of [[dangling]]; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
3. A dangling ornament or decoration.

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