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Definition of dandle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dandle

verb
 
/ˈdændl/
 
/ˈdændl/
(old-fashioned)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they dandle
 
/ˈdændl/
 
/ˈdændl/
he / she / it dandles
 
/ˈdændlz/
 
/ˈdændlz/
past simple dandled
 
/ˈdændld/
 
/ˈdændld/
past participle dandled
 
/ˈdændld/
 
/ˈdændld/
-ing form dandling
 
/ˈdændlɪŋ/
 
/ˈdændlɪŋ/
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  1. dandle somebody to play with a baby or young child by moving them up and down on your knee
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
See dandle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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