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Antonyms for dandle

Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæn dl


Definition of dandle

Origin :
  • 1520s, of unknown origin. Perhaps somehow felt to be imitative. Cf. Italian dondolare "to dandle, swing," and French dandiner, from Old French dandin "small bell," imitative of its sound. Related: Dandled; dandling.
  • verb caress, cuddle
Example sentences :
  • I have dandled your sons and daughters, Roberta, and may I live to dandle theirs!
  • Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier
  • Before I die I'd love to dandle a child of yours upon my knee.
  • Extract from : « The Cuckoo Clock » by Mrs. Molesworth
  • “My turn to dandle,” he said, with a sly look at his aunt, and convulsed everyone.
  • Extract from : « The History of Mr. Polly » by H. G. Wells
  • And you'd love to have little grandsons to dandle on your knee.
  • Extract from : « Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor » by William Somerset Maugham
  • I trust Mrs. Terry will get her business easily over, and that you will soon "dandle Dickie on your knee."
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) » by John Gibson Lockhart
  • Strange that it should undertake to dandle such delicate children in its arm.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod » by Henry D. Thoreau
  • "We little know what's in the mind of the babies we dandle in our arms," and went feebly out.
  • Extract from : « One of My Sons » by Anna Katharine Green
  • I used to dandle you when you were an infant—good gracious, what red hair you had, and—it hasn't changed, not at all!
  • Extract from : « The Honorable Miss » by L. T. Meade
  • It makes me laugh a little inwardly to see how they dandle their poetical babies, but I don't let them know it.
  • Extract from : « The Poet at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • And if he had a little Harry dandle next Christmas, wouldn't he give him the first spoonful out of the marrow-bone!
  • Extract from : « Gryll Grange » by Thomas Love Peacock

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