Dangler

Quick meaning: Dangler is a noun meaning (grammar, informal) A dangling modifier, especially a dangling participle.

Meaning

(grammar, informal) A dangling modifier, especially a dangling participle.

More Meanings

1. (informal) A large earring that hangs down far.
2. (now rare, archaic) One who dangles about (loiters around) others, especially a man chasing after women.
3. A plotline that is metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang"; in other words, the plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped, and thus a resolution is never achieved.
4. (slang) Any body part that dangles, such as the penis, testicles, uvula, and sometimes tongue.

Example Sentences

‘You see,’ she cried, ‘what a Herd of Danglers flutter around you […].’

Similarly, participles ending in “ing” often cause danglers in scientific writing: […]

Such once was I, a dangler to the fair; / Still, as a glass, I praise their dress, their air […]

Stupid kitten! First he thought he was a fish, now he thinks he's a mole. The vet says it's because he's missing one of his danglers.

Word Forms

• danglers

Related Words

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