as in to hang
to place on an elevated point without support from below
he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play
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There’s something particularly compelling about how, throughout the video, Menzel’s lower body moves in a way that can only really happen while dangling.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Multiple outlets reported that was much the same number Lincoln Riley dangled last month to lure away Chad Bowden from Notre Dame, thus resetting the market again.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Your captain will dangle chicken parts on a line over the water and a gator is likely to jump up out of the water and devour that piece of chicken!
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 19 Feb. 2025
Firefighters rescued a parachutist dangling from a high-rise building in uptown Charlotte early Tuesday.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Multiple outlets reported that was much the same number Lincoln Riley dangled last month to lure away Chad Bowden from Notre Dame, thus resetting the market again.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Your captain will dangle chicken parts on a line over the water and a gator is likely to jump up out of the water and devour that piece of chicken!
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 19 Feb. 2025
Firefighters rescued a parachutist dangling from a high-rise building in uptown Charlotte early Tuesday.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Dangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dangle. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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