Dāng'gle1, v. i.
(dăng'gl), v. i. [Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla, to swing, to hang swinging.] To hang loosely, or with a waving, swinging, or jerking motion.
He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras.
To dangle about, or after, to hang upon importunately; to beset.
The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift.