Daggle

Quick meaning: Daggle is a verb meaning (intransitive) To drag or trail through water, mud, or slush.

Meaning

(intransitive) To drag or trail through water, mud, or slush.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To trail, so as to make wet or muddy.
2. To dangle or wag.

Example Sentences

The warrior's very plume, I say, / Was daggled by the dashing spray.

I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]

There is a damp air of decay about them, and you get the impression that if you looked closely you would see the cobwebs hanging from their coat-elbows, or forming a fringe from their daggling dress.

Word Forms

• daggles
• daggling
• daggled

Synonyms for daggle

Depending on context, synonyms include draggle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bedaggle, draggle, bedraggle, drabble, drumble, dabble.

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