dandle
verb (used with object)
to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
are dandling
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present progressiveof dandle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Good Nurse G-SCH-N, is she out, That you the babe are dandling?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891 by Various
