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▪ I. dingle-dangle, adv., n.1, and a.|ˈdɪŋg(ə)lˈdæŋg(ə)l|
[redupl. f. dangle. Cf. Icel. and Sw. dingla to dangle, Da. dingle to dangle, to bob.]
A. adv. In a dangling manner; hanging loosely.
1598Florio, Spendolone, dingle-dangle, dangling downe. 1611Cotgr., Triballer..to goe dingle dangle, wig wag. 1785Warton Notes on Milton (T.), By dingle..he understands boughs hanging dingle-dangle over the edge of the dell.
B. n. A dangling or swinging to and fro; concr. a dangling appendage.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman D'Alf. ii. 240 With as many Bobs and other Dingle-Dangles hanging at every one of these. 1702Vanbrugh False Friend ii. i, He'll be hanged: and then what becomes of thee?.. Why, the honour to a dingle-dangle by him. 1855F. Chamier Journ. France, etc. I. xi. 173 Rustic Beauties, who..adorned their hair with silver skewers and with dingle-dangles.
C. adj. Hanging loosely and moving to and fro; swinging, dangling.
a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. 11 (Jam.) This dingle-dangle wagging of my tub. 1746Brit. Mag. 294 This dingle dangle Figure of Gallantry that capers next.
So ˈdingle-ˈdangle v., to hang loosely dangling or swinging to and fro.
1632Sherwood, To dingle-dangle, triballer. 1708Wilson, etc. tr. Petronius Arbiter 46 Purple Tassels and Fringes dingle dangle about it. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Dingle-dangle, to dangle loosely..said of pendulous or swinging objects.
▪ II. ˈdingle-ˈdangle, n.2 rare—1.
[f. ding-dong: cf. dingle v.]
A dingling or ringing of metal.
1708Motteux Rabelais v. i. (1737) 2 This dingle dangle with Pans, Kettles, and Basons, the Corybantin Cymbals of Cybele.
So ˈdingle-ˈdongle v. [after ding-dong].
1859E. Capern Bal. & Songs 41 The dinner-bell, the dinner-bell, That dingle dongles through the dell. |