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.
dandled
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past participleof dandle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dandle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dandleverb (used with object)to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
Example Sentences
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David Jordan, 53, of Northwest Washington, dandled his 6-month-old son on his lap as the rest of his family played on a blanket.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2022
Ms. Cruz, 24, dandled the baby, Brandon, and offered juice.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2012
And then we see Walt’s baby Holly, in a pink hat with cat’s ears, being dandled on Hank’s knee.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2012
Call the child to be dandled with rhymes,livened with drum-talk, cuddled and calmedwith flutes and fiddles, anthems and psalmody.Welcome the child with a sky full of chimes.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2010
I could see the stream where Denna and I had dandled our feet.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
