▸ verb: (intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing. ▸ verb: (intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string. ▸ verb: (transitive) To hang or trail something loosely. ▸ verb: (transitive, figurative, by extension) To put forth as a possibility. ▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around. ▸ verb: (medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed. ▸ verb: (medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way. ▸ noun: An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group. ▸ noun: (slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style. ▸ noun: A dangling ornament or decoration.
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