Meaning dangle
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dangle


1590s, probably from Scandinavian (compare Danish dangle, Swedish dangla "to swing about," Norwegian dangla), perhaps via North Frisian dangeln. Related: Dangled; dangling.
Source: etymonline.com

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dangle


to hang loosely.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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dangle


An activity in a network which has neither predecessors nor successors. [D03831]
Source: maxwideman.com

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dangle


to hang loose, hover about a person
Source: eenglish.in

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dangle


Spy posing as an informant or defector, who surreptitiously collects intelligence or supplies disinformation to a target agency. Sent by his or her own country to approach a hostile intelligence agency abroad in the hope of being recruited in order to work as a double agent.
Source: telegraph.co.uk (offline)

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dangle


A link or line, one end of which lacks a connection to another link or node.
Source: knowledge.autodesk.com

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(v) hang freely(v) cause to dangle or hang freely
Source: beedictionary.com

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dangle


A theatrical amateur in Sheridan’s Critic. It was designed for Thomas Vaughan, a playwright.
Source: bartleby.com

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dangle


Leave, get lost
Source: miskatonic.org





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