Dandle Definition

dăndl
dandled, dandles, dandling
verb
To dance (a small child) up and down on the knee or in the arms.
Webster's New World
To pamper; indulge.
Webster's New World

To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.

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Origin of Dandle

  • Compare German dändeln (“to trifle, dandle”), Old Dutch and Provincial German danten, German Tand (“trifle, prattle”); Scots dandill (“dander, to go about idly, to trifle”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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