What does dangling mean?
Definitions for dangling
dan·gling
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dangling.
Princeton's WordNet
suspension, dangling, hangingnoun
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
"there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
Wiktionary
danglingnoun
the act of hanging something from above such that it can move freely; suspension
danglingadjective
suspended from above
ChatGPT
dangling
Dangling generally refers to something hanging or being suspended loosely. This term is often used to describe a part or a piece that is not properly attached or seems like it might fall off, or an unresolved or unfulfilled aspect in a situation. In grammar, "dangling" refers to a modifier or participle at the beginning of a sentence that is not clearly or logically related to the rest of the sentence.
Webster Dictionary
Dangling
of Dangle
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dangling in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dangling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of dangling in a Sentence
It's not just about whether this insane bill becomes law, part of the point here are the threats themselves. The left wants a sword dangling over the justices when they weigh the facts in every case.
Somehow Luke understood - in a way that Lando never had, that Hand and Leia and Chewbacca had simply never grasped - just how dark a place the universe really was. Lando guessed that was where Luke got his humility. His kindness. His gentle faith that people could change for the better. That must have been why he rarely smiled, and almost never made jokes. Because the goodness was all he really had. It was his lifeline. The rope to which he clung, dangling over the abyss.
Ross County Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt:
Rebecca Cade sweatshirt sleeve was caught in the upper tines of the fence, and Rebecca Cade was suspended from one arm dangling on the fence.
Does dangled mean that he( Cohen) raised it and I mentioned it to Rudy Giuliani, and Rudy Giuliani said the President is not going to discuss pardons with anybody ? If that's dangling it, that's dangling it for about 15 seconds, the first time I kind of danced around the issue because Michael Cohen brought it up with me and I told Michael Cohen,' Look, this is way too premature. ... But if you want me to bring it up, I will bring it up.' And I did.
The backpack had wrapped around his neck and he was unconscious, dangling 10 feet above the snow.
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