dangling

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæŋɡəlɪŋ(ɡ)/

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dangling (not comparable)

1. Suspended from above.

dangling (countable and uncountable, plural danglings)

1. The act of hanging something so that it can move freely; suspension.
2. The act of following or trailing around.
   • 1866, Mark Lemon, Falkner Lyle, Or, The Story of Two Wives:

     […] Falkner's quick-sighted honour would not have tolerated your brother's danglings at the skirts of beauty.

dangling

1. present participle and gerund of dangle

• dangling modifier