Dangle \Dan"gle\ (d[a^][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.

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 about or after, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)