dandled; dandling
ˈdan-(d)liŋ 
-dᵊl-iŋ
1
: to move up and down in one's arms or on one's knee in affectionate play
dandle a baby
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Examples of dandle in a Sentence
the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni
Recent Examples on the Web
An hour later, Musk took X to New York and dandled him on his knee while being photographed for Time.
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
The day after the election, Taaz Robinson, a fellow third-year, posted a picture on Buckingham’s Facebook page of Donald Trump as an infant being dandled by Vladimir Putin.
—Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2017
Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
The day after the election, Taaz Robinson, a fellow third-year, posted a picture on Buckingham’s Facebook page of Donald Trump as an infant being dandled by Vladimir Putin.
—Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2017
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“Dandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dandle. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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