dandle
(verb) pet; “the grandfather dandled the small child”
dandle
(verb) move (a baby) up and down in one’s arms or on one’s knees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dandle (third-person singular simple present dandles, present participle dandling, simple past and past participle dandled)
(transitive) To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
(transitive) To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
(transitive, obsolete) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
• (to treat with fondness): see also pamper or fondle
• DeLand, landed
Source: Wiktionary
Dan"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dandled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dandling.] Etym: [Cf. G. dändeln to trifly, dandle, OD. & Prov. G. danten, G. tand trifly, prattle; Scot. dandill, dander, to go about idly, to trifly.]
1. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. Is.
2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. Addison. The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. Jeffrey.
3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.] Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
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