to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
2.
to hang around or follow a person, as if seeking favor or attention.
3.
Grammar. to occur as a modifier without a head or as a participle without an implied subject, as leaving the tunnel in The daylight was blinding, leaving the tunnel.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to dangle; hold or carry swaying loosely.
a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur:
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.