(dated) To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.

(aviation, slang) To lower the landing gear of an aircraft in preparation for landing.

(naval, slang) A random series of loops, turns, and depth changes in a submarine, intended to eliminate the self-noise which could occur during a baffle-clearing event.

(grammar) A word or clause that qualifies another word or clause ambiguously, possibly causing confusion with regard to the intended meaning.

(grammar) Any participle used as a dangling modifier.

plural of dangling participle

plural of dangling modifier

(programming) A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object.

plural of dangling pointer

(programming) A potential ambiguity in a programming language that occurs when an else clause can be associated with either a nested conditional or with the clause that encloses the nested conditional.