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Definition: DANGLED |
DANGLEDImperative & past participle1. Of Dangle |
Date "DANGLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Crosswords: DANGLED |
| English words defined with "DANGLED": dangle, drop ♦ swing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DANGLED": Portobello Arms. (references) |
| "DANGLED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 84.44% of the time. "DANGLED" is used about 90 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 84.44% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 13.33% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 90 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "DANGLED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 摇晃 (Dangle, Dangling, Ramshackle, shaky, swage, Swaging, wobbling). (various references) | |
French | ballai, ballée, ballé, ballâmes, ballèrent, balla. (various references) | |
German | baumelte. (various references) | |
Korean | 매ëŠ" (tied). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | angledday.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"DANGLED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dagblod, danegeld, danegelds, D'angely, dawgle, diangle, dongle, Dungloe, rangled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DANGLED" (pronounced da"ngguld) |
| 6 | -a" ng g u l d | angled, entangled, jangled, mangled, newfangled, spangled, strangled, tangled, wangled, wrangled. |
| 5 | -ng g u l d | bungled, commingled, intermingled, mingled, singled. |
| 4 | -g u l d | bedraggled, boggled, giggled, haggled, juggled, ogled, smuggled, straggled, struggled, toggled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, jostled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, nibbled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, sizzled, snarled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gladden. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-g-l-n" | |
-1 letter: angled, dandle, danged, dangle, lagend, landed. | |
-2 letters: addle, angel, angle, dedal, eland, glade, gland, glean, laded, laden, naled. | |
-3 letters: aged, dale, dang, dead, deal, dean, egad, egal, elan, gaed, gaen, gale, gane, geld, glad, gled, glen, lade, land, lane, lang, lead, lean, lend. | |
-4 letters: add, age, ale, and, ane, dad, dag, dal, del, den, eld, end, eng, gad, gae, gal, gan, ged, gel, gen, lad, lag, lea, led, leg, nae, nag. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, ag, al, an, de, ed, el, en, la, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-g-l-n" | |
+1 letter: danegeld, gladdens. | |
+2 letters: danegelds, deleading, garlanded, gladdened, glandered, laddering. | |
+3 letters: begladding, defilading, gladdening, longheaded, oldfangled, resaddling. | |
+4 letters: deadeningly, deadlifting, deadlocking, degradingly, demandingly, engarlanded, maddeningly, skedaddling, undelegated, unguardedly. | |
+5 letters: acknowledged, degringolade, demodulating, diagonalized, disentangled, highhandedly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 41 4E 47 4C 45 44 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- -. --. .-.. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000001 01001110 01000111 01001100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D A N G L E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0041 004E 0047 004C 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38354841463938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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