dandle

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.
2. (transitive) To treat with fondness or affection, as if a child; to pet.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To play with; to wheedle.

Noun

A teeter-totter; a seesaw.

Synonyms

caress

pet

fondle

cuddle

rock

🪨

cosset

jiggle

jog

mollycoddle

pamper

play

soothe

toy

tweedle

make much of

blandish

stroke

bounce

chuck

coddle

comfort

Translations

bercer

ταχταρίζω

زقزق

نزنز

نقز

beschwichtigen

hätscheln

liebkosen

wiegen

bei Laune halten

hutschen

χαϊδεύω

θωπεύω

balancer

dodeliner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdændəl/

Etymology

Compare Scots dandill (“to dander; go about idly; move uncertainly; trifle”), English dialectal dander (“to wander about; talk incoherently; rave”), Middle Dutch dantinnen (“to trifle”) (from French dandiner (“to swing; waddle”)), German dändeln, tändeln (“to trifle, dandle”), Middle Dutch and Provincial German danten (“to do foolish things; trifle”), German Tand (“trifle, prattle”).