different between dangle vs dangler

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæ?.??l/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Verb

dangle (third-person singular simple present dangles, present participle dangling, simple past and past participle dangled)

1. (intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.

   • He'd rather on a gibbet dangle / Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle.

   • From her lifted hand / Dangled a length of ribbon.

2. (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.

3. (transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.

4. (intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around.
   • 1833, Miller's Modern Acting Drama

     To dangle at the elbow of a wench who can't make up her mind to accept the common title of wife, till she has been courted a certain number of weeks — so the old blinker, her father, says.

5. (medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
   • 1976, R. Winifred Heyward Johnson, Douglass W. Johnson, Introduction to Nursing Care (page 139)

     Record the time and duration of dangling, patient's pulse and respirations and patient's general tolerance of the procedure. […] The next step usually in getting the patient out of bed is sitting […]

   • 2012, Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Pocket Nursing Skills: What You Need to Know Now

     [P]ivot to bring the patient's legs over the side of the bed. Be Smart! Stay with the patient as he dangles.

6. (medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way.
   • 2012, Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Pocket Nursing Skills: What You Need to Know Now

     Using proper body mechanics for dangling a patient at the side of the bed.

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Translations

Noun

dangle (plural dangles)

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, 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.

Anagrams

• Glenda, angled, geland, gladen

References

English

Etymology

From dangle +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dæ??l?(?)/

Noun

dangler (plural danglers)

1. (now rare, archaic) One who dangles about others, especially after women.
   • 1770, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 10 January:

     ‘You see,’ she cried, ‘what a Herd of Danglers flutter around you […].’

   • 1783, Samuel Hoole, Aurelia; Or, the Contest

     Such once was I, a dangler to the fair; / Still, as a glass, I praise their dress, their air […]

2. (informal) A large earring that hangs down.
   • 1985, Susi Rogol, Create a Look with Jewelry (page 22)

     Long hair piled high on top of the head or cut to a short, curvy crop, needs the balance provided by large, dramatic earrings. Those with tresses frizzed into Pre-Raphaelite waves will like the look of huge hoops or ethnic danglers in wood […]

Anagrams

• Glander, Le Grand, Legrand, gnarled, rangled