'Dangling' definitions:
Definition of 'dangling'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait" [syn: suspension, dangling, hanging]
Definition of 'Dangling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- To dangle about or To dangle after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. [1913 Webster]
- The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dangling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bagging,
- baggy,
- careening,
- cascading,
- danglement,
- dependence,
- dependency,
- dependent,
- depending,
- drooping,
- easy,
- falling,
- falling loosely,
- flapping,
- flowing,
- hanging,
- hung,
- lax,
- loose,
- lurching,
- pendency,
- pendent,
- pending,
- pendulant,
- pendular,
- penduline,
- pendulosity,
- pendulous,
- pendulousness,
- pensile,
- pensileness,
- pensility,
- pitching,
- reeling,
- relaxed,
- rickety,
- rocking,
- rolling,
- shaky,
- slack,
- sloppy,
- streaming,
- suspended,
- suspense,
- suspension,
- swaying,
- swinging,
- tossing,
- weeping