dangler (English, noun)
expansion: dangler (plural danglers)
Senses:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A dangling modifier, especially a dangling participle.
tags: informal
glosses: A penis.
tags: slang
glosses: The testicles.
tags: in-plural
slang
glosses: A plotline that is metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang"; in other words, the plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped, and thus a resolution is never achieved.
glosses: A large earring that hangs down far.
tags: informal
glosses: One who dangles about (loiters around) others, especially a man chasing after women.
tags: archaic
glosses: A tongue, especially one that sticks out.
tags: slang
glosses: A uvula.
tags: slang
Forms:
form: danglers
tags: plural