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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

  1. danglingnoun

    the act of hanging something from above such that it can move freely; suspension

  2. danglingadjective

    suspended from above

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Dangling

    of Dangle

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dangling in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dangling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of dangling in a Sentence

  1. Mickey Wilson:

    The backpack had wrapped around his neck and he was unconscious, dangling 10 feet above the snow.

  2. Ryan Glenn:

    He was just holding on by his grip and his feet were dangling over the water.

  3. Jesse Fox:

    It's all about me. It's putting me in the frame. I'm getting attention and when I post that to social media, I'm getting the confirmation that I need from other people that I'm awesome, you don't care about the tourist attraction you're destroying; you don't care about annoying people in your social media feed ... you're not even thinking about the consequences of your actions, so who cares if you're dangling off the side of the Eiffel Tower?

  4. Lakshheish M Patel:

    If the stock is priced at Rs.120 then its price goes upto Rs.120.50 and then comes back to Rs.120.25 and in between these prices it is dangling all through the day. Same is the case with 95% of shares today in stock market

  5. Wendy Simmons:

    First responders actually climbed up into the dangling cars to get people out.

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