2. Noun. The act by which somebody is dandled. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dandling
1. dandle [v] - See also: dandle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandling
Literary usage of Dandling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life and Religious Labors of Edward Hicks: Late of Newtown by Edward Hicks (1851)
"... that is dandling them about like doll-babies, standing within the walls of a
peaceable Quaker meeting house, ..."
2. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"... in the strongest manner any attempt to play upon his infirmity. of the latah,
commenced nursing it in the same way as the latter was dandling the baby. ..."
3. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"The influence of the fresh air, and the attraction of some flowers gathered from
a grave, soon quieted the child; the man sat down with him, dandling him on ..."
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