dandle
Origin of dandle
1Other words from dandle
- dandler, noun
- un·dan·dled, adjective
Words Nearby dandle
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How to use dandle in a sentence
Nature, and his parents alike, dandle him, and 'tice him on with a bit of sugar to a draught of wormwood.
Thackerayana | William Makepeace ThackerayDismissing his guards, he lets the elder women dandle his children, while the younger admire his robes.
Authors of Greece | T. W. LumbI shall dandle a dozen of your young ones before these arms are withered.
Nor did an hope to dandle thy infancy moue mee to desire thee.
Merely in his character of connoisseur, however, dandle glanced carelessly after his sister as she crossed the meadow.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for dandle
/ (ˈdændəl) /
to move (a young child, etc) up and down (on the knee or in the arms)
to pet; fondle
Origin of dandle
1Derived forms of dandle
- dandler, noun
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