Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dangle \Dan"gle\ (d[a^][ng]"g'l), 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.

         He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear
         delight, to wrangle.                     --Hudibras.

         From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon.
                                                  --Tennyson.

   {To dangle about} or {after}, to hang upon importunately; to
      court the favor of; to beset.

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