DANGING Synonyms

• having unpredictable ups and downs

• the motion made by flapping up and down

• decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

• a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

• the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

• having periodic vibrations

• changing location by moving back and forth

• characterized by a buoyant rhythm

• (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily

• a former monetary unit in Great Britain

• a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around

• a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism

• a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string

• a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

• a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)

• move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement

• ride a bobsled

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect

• cut hair in the style of a bob

• an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

• the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

• dance the bebop

• hit hard

• music in three-four time for dancing a jig

• a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water

• a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it

• any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

• dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

• hang loosely or laxly

• be lazy or idle

• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

• United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

• material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

• (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable

• hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

• a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• cause to move back and forth

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

• move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

• a witty amusing person who makes jokes

• causing to move repeatedly from side to side

• move from side to side

• causing to move repeatedly from side to side

• move from side to side

• move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

• the act of wiggling

• move to and fro