Definition of Dandling

1. Verb. (present participle of dandle) ¹

2. Noun. The act by which somebody is dandled. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dandling

1. dandle [v] - See also: dandle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandling

dandifies
dandify
dandifying
dandily
dandiprat
dandiprats
dandiya
dandiya raas
dandiyas
dandle
dandle board
dandled
dandler
dandlers
dandles
dandling (current term)
dandlings
dandriff
dandriffs
dandruff
dandrufflike
dandruffs
dandruffy
dandy
dandy fever
dandyish
dandyishly
dandyism
dandyisms
dandyize

Literary usage of Dandling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Life and Religious Labors of Edward Hicks: Late of Newtown by Edward Hicks (1851)
"... that is dandling them about like doll-babies, standing within the walls of a peaceable Quaker meeting house, ..."

2. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"... in the strongest manner any attempt to play upon his infirmity. of the latah, commenced nursing it in the same way as the latter was dandling the baby. ..."

3. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"The influence of the fresh air, and the attraction of some flowers gathered from a grave, soon quieted the child; the man sat down with him, dandling him on ..."

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