Dandle

Definition of Dandle

Dan´dle

v. t.	1.	To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. [imp. & p. p. Dandled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dandling .] Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. - Is.
	2.	To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. - Addison. The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. - Jeffrey.
	3.	To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. - Spenser.

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