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Definition of Dandle
1. Verb. Move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees.
2. Verb. Pet. "The grandfather dandled the small child"
Definition of Dandle
1. v. t. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
Definition of Dandle
1. Verb. To move up and down on one’s knee or in one’s arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. ¹
2. Verb. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dandle
1. to fondle [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES] - See also: fondle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandle
Literary usage of Dandle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"(2) To dandle ; to cherish. Scott. FADDY. Frivolous. Weit. Abo the Mme of »
Cornwall dance. FADE. (1) Sad; sorrowful. (Л.-Л") (2) Dirty ; disagreeable. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Containing an Historical Account of the by James Wood (1813)
"Every man shall kiss lus lips that giveth a right answer, te shall love and
reverence jF, ie proceeding from a pure heart, |or dandle on the knees, ..."
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