Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which dangles or hangs; one who dangles about another.
Wiktionary
- n. one who dangles about others, especially after women.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler.
Etymologies
- to dangle + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She landed on her bed; it was the sort commonly called a "dangler"-- a two person hammock of strong but lightweight demi-silk, anchored to the ceiling at four points.”
“This case seems potentially more serious than the Sestak matter for at least three reasons: the dangler was a government official and not a private citizen/intermediary; the jobs dangled were paid positions (unlike the unpaid advisory slot dangled to Sestak); and Romanoff is not obviously as qualified for these jobs as Sestak was for the position discussed with him.”
“I desire my lady's man may be eail'd my lady's dangler, which is the term at Court for such sort of cattle.”
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“I think the Park Slope 'dangler' and the Prospect Park Prince are one and the same.”
“You can see from the middle pic that the choker has a "dangler" down the back for an even more sexy look, esp with a dress!”
“Muradjan Halmuratov Uzbekistan was the final dangler caught just before the final lap to go.”
Elia Viviani confirms with win over Robbie McEwen in historic Indian race
“Can I borrow, puhleeze, a Boyden pic, IOW, you lovable loyal right royal lure-dangler, you?”
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“You see I've never been a radio listener, a CD swapper, or an earbud dangler.”
“The entire ordeal is disheartening at best, a noose-dangler at worst. rotgut says:”
“After years as an editor at The New York Times Book Review, I can vouch that almost everybody gets something wrong now and then -- a dangler here, a spelling problem there, a runaway sentence, beastly punctuation.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dangler’.
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Malachi_Constant's Words
triumverate, pandemic, parsnip, delineate, zamboni, parka, laser, swoop, malevolent, benevolent, fracas, tipsy and 372 more...
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Gigglesomes
Words that make me giggle.
sackbut, beshrew, hubbub, futz, tchotchke, oolong, newt, dingo, squishy, fjord, squirt, dangler and 107 more...
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Flirtation, Affairs, and Flattery
Sort of Rococo-style affairs
dangleation, sawder, badinage, bavardage, philander, coquette, fop, frippet, trifler, puffery, frothy, palaver and 30 more...
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Names in General.
Both derogatory and conciliatory.
coxcomb, hepcat, macaroni, buck, scuzzbucket, daddy-o, beatnik, ducky, honky, ninnyhammer, bloke, blighter and 44 more...
Tweets
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ruzuzu Danglers are "ordinarily unattached participles, either present participles (ending in -ing) or past participles (ending usu. in -ed), that do not relate syntactically to the nouns they are supposed to modify. In effect, the participle tries to sever its relationship with its noun or pronoun."
- A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage 244 (2d ed. 1995) by Bryan A. Garner
See dangling modifier. Jun 29, 2010