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单词 dandle
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  • English

dandleverb [ T ]

uk/ˈdæn.dəl/us/ˈdæn.dəl/old-fashioned

to hold a baby or child on your knee and move it up and down in a playful way

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Having in your hands

  • ahold
  • arm
  • clasp
  • clench
  • cling
  • cradle
  • cup
  • enfold
  • glove
  • grab
  • grasp
  • hand
  • handle
  • hang
  • hang on
  • hang/hold on like grim death idiom
  • hold
  • hold on
  • hold onto sb/sth
  • pinion

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Examples from literature

  • I shall dandle a dozen of your young ones before these arms are withered. 
  • I've dandled you on my knee when you were a baby, Master Jim. 
  • Newborn, they must be given suck to, rocked in a cradle, and dandled. 
  • Once or twice she stole a glance at the woman who had in the olden days dandled her on her knees. 
  • The man dandled it like a new-born infant. 
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