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dan⋅dle

  [dan-dl]
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–verb (used with object), -dled, -dling.
1. to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
2. to pet; pamper.
Origin:
1520–30; dand- (obscurely akin to the base of F dandiner to dandle, se dandiner to waddle, and related Romance words) + -le

Related forms:
dandler, noun
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dan·dle   (dān'dl)   
tr.v.   dan·dled, dan·dling, dan·dles

  1. To move (a small child) up and down on the knees or in the arms in a playful way: "Somebody who was dandled on Queen Victoria's knee must appear an old fogy" (Edward, Duke of Windsor).

  2. To pamper or pet.

n.   Narragansett Bay
See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.

[Origin unknown.]
dan'dler n.
see·saw   (sē'sô')   
n.  

  1. A long plank balanced on a central fulcrum so that with a person riding on each end, one end goes up as the other goes down. Also called regionally dandle, dandle board, teedle board, teeter, teeterboard, teeter-totter, tilt1, tilting board. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.

  2. The act or game of riding a seesaw.

  3. A back-and-forth or up-and-down movement, as of the lead between two contesting parties.

intr.v.   see·sawed, see·saw·ing, see·saws

  1. To play on a seesaw.

  2. To move back and forth or up and down.


[Reduplication of saw1.]
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