dangle

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dangled p. pr. & vb. n. Dangling ] [ Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw. dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E. ding. ] To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He'd rather on a gibbet dangle
Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

From her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dangle about or
To dangle after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them,
are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward. [ 1913 Webster ]