Noun dangling has 1 sense
  1. suspension, dangling, hanging - the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
    --1 is a kind of support, supporting
    Derived form: verb dangle2
,Verb dangle has 2 senses
  1. dangle, swing, drop - hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
    --1 is one way to hang
    Sample sentences:
    Some big birds dangle in the tree
    There dangle some big birds in the tree
  2. dangle - cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"
    --2 is one way to
    suspend
    Derived form: noun dangling1
    Sample sentence:
    They dangle the lights from the ceiling
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