dangling n : the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait" [syn: suspension, hanging]

English

Adjective

1. suspended from above

Noun

1. the act of hanging something from above such that it can move freely; suspension

Verb

dangling

1. present participle of dangle

Derived terms

• dangling modifier

bagging, baggy, careening, cascading, danglement, dependence, dependency, dependent, depending, drooping, easy, falling, falling loosely, flapping, flowing, hanging, hung, lax, loose, lurching, pendency, pendent, pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulosity, pendulous, pendulousness, pensile, pensileness, pensility, pitching, reeling, relaxed, rickety, rocking, rolling, shaky, slack, sloppy, streaming, suspended, suspense, suspension, swaying, swinging, tossing, weeping