Definition of "dangle" in Englisch

verb

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

   • His feet are dangling in the water.

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.

   • He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.

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

   • I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.

4. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To put forth as a possibility.

5. (intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around.

6. (medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.

7. (medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way.

noun

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.