dangle

Meanings

Verb

• To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
• 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.
• To hang or trail something loosely.
• To trail or follow around.
• Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
• To position (a patient) in this way.

Noun

• An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
• The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
• A dangling ornament or decoration.

Origin

• Unknown, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla ("to swing about"), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln.