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Meaning of Dangle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈdæŋ.ɡl̩

Definitions

  1. An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
  2. The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
  3. A dangling ornament or decoration.

Equivalents

العربية تعلق دلى
Čeština houpat klátit komíhat kývat
Italiano far penzolare
日本語
Te Reo Māori whakatārewa
Română atârna

Examples

“The example of Oswald will show how the different operations of a dangle and a barium meal would work more efficiently together.”
“That was a sick dangle for a great goal!”
“So her father wrote to Mrs. Herring, and one day she arrived and turned out to be a little, lean old lady with a dark brown mole on one leathery cheek and wearing a black bonnet decorated with jet dangles, like tiny fishing rods.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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