Dandling

verb

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.

2.verbTo treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.

3.verbTo play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

4.nounThe act by which somebody is dandled.

"the dandlings and caressings of maternal love"

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