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dangling

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?dæ???l??(?)/

Adjective

dangling (not comparable)

  1. Suspended from above.

Noun

dangling (plural danglings)

  1. The act of hanging something so that it can move freely; suspension.
  2. The act of following or trailing around.
  3. (colloquial, Canada, US) All out, open throttle, with all you have. [from 20th c.]

Verb

dangling

  1. present participle of dangle

Derived terms

  • dangling modifier

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gangling

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (to go, to walk, to proceed).

Adjective

gangling (comparative more gangling, superlative most gangling)

  1. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
    A gangling teenager.
Related terms
  • gangly
  • lanky
  • rangy
Translations

Etymology 2

From gang +? -ling.

Noun

gangling (plural ganglings)

  1. (nonce word, nonstandard) A member of a gang.

Anagrams

  • naggling

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