dandle
verb · nounA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.
You will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.
- 2.
(transitive)To treat with fondness or affection, as if a child; to pet.
- 3.
(obsolete, transitive)To play with; to wheedle.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(Rhode Island) A teeter-totter; a seesaw.
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Nguồn gốc từ
Compare Scots dandill (to dander; go about idly; move uncertainly; trifle), English dialectal dander (to wander about; talk incoherently; rave), Middle Dutch dantinnen (to trifle) (from French dandiner (to swing; waddle)), German dändeln, tändeln (to trifle, dandle), Middle Dutch and Provincial German danten (to do foolish things; trifle), German Tand (trifle, prattle).