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

simple past tense and past participle of dandle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dandle

present participle of dandle

The act by which somebody is dandled.

plural of dandling

(chiefly New England) A seesaw; teeter-totter.

plural of dandle board

plural of dandler

Someone who dandles.