Monday, May 2, 2011

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Word of the Day for Monday, May 2, 2011

dandle \DAN-dl\, verb:

1. To move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
2. To pet; pamper.

If you have a child, dandle him or her on your knee while singing a happy song.
-- Dean R. Koontz, Cold Fire
It may be thought that my desire to be a mother-in-law has, perhaps, something to do with my wish to dandle a grandchild on my knee before I am too arthritic even to dandle.
-- Caledonia Kearns , Motherland: Writings By Irish American Woman About Mothers and Daughters

Dandle is first recorded in the 1500s, but is of unknown origin.


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