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# dangling

«dangling» in Mova's school dictionary: **hanging loosely and swinging, often from something above** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, the -ing form of «dangle» (dangle, dangles, dangled, dangling); adjective (dangling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dangling means hanging loosely and swinging, often from something above. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#m1)

2) Dangling something in front of someone means holding it out to tempt them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes legs over a wall, earrings, keys, ropes and loose wires. Safety: dangling wires or cords can be dangerous; tell an adult. In stories it shows something hanging over a drop or a temptation. Phrases: «dangling from», «legs dangling», «keep someone dangling» (= keep waiting without an answer).

### examples

- The monkey was dangling from a branch by its tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#x1)
- We sat on the pier with our legs dangling over the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#x2)
- A loose wire was dangling from the ceiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#x3)
- Her earrings were long and dangling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#x4)
- He kept dangling the toy in front of the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#x5)
- The spider was dangling on a thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#x6)
- Don't leave the blind cord dangling where a baby can reach it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#x7)
- Suddenly he saw a beautiful ball, for all the world like his own, dangling from a branch of the tree he was on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/#x8)

### note

Spelling: dangle drops «e» before -ing: «dangling». Safety: long dangling cords from blinds are a strangling danger for small children. Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Male proboscis monkeys have long dangling noses that make their calls louder, and proboscis monkeys swim well with partly webbed feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/5/)
- [An iron stays hot long after it is switched off, and a dangling cable can be pulled so that the iron falls.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dangling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.