To hang loosely; be suspended so as to be swayed be the wind or any slight force.Hence To dance attendance; hover longingly or importunately, as for notice or favors: used of persons, with about or after: as, to dangle about a woman; to dangle after a great man.To carry suspended so as to swing; hold up with a swaying motion.n. One of the points, bobs, rings, or the like, that dangle from an object.