dangle
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
His feet are dangling in the water.
- 2.
(intransitive, slang)(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.
He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.
- 3.
(transitive)To hang or trail something loosely.
I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
- 4.
(broadly, figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative, by extension) To put forth as a possibility.
- 5.
(dated, intransitive)To trail or follow around.
- 6.
(intransitive)(medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
- 7.
(transitive)(medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
- 2.
(slang)(slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
That was a sick dangle for a great goal!
- 3.
A dangling ornament or decoration.
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, but likely of - origin, akin to dingle, dangle, dangla to swing about, dangla, perhaps via dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (to hit).