(n)a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us', Syn.misplaced modifier

dangling participle

(n)a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'

gangling

(adj)tall and thin and having long slender limbs, Syn.gangly, rangy, lanky

gangling

(adj)tall and thin, Syn.gangly, lanky

choking

(n)the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe, Syn.throttling, strangulation, strangling

haggle

(n)an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining), Syn.haggling, wrangling, wrangle

suspension

(n)the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely), Syn.hanging, dangling

unsnarling

(n)the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition, Syn.disentanglement, extrication, untangling

wangle

(n)an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery, Syn.wangling

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Angling

n. The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brangling

n. A quarrel. [ R. ] Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jangling

a. Producing discordant sounds. “A jangling noise.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jangling

n. 1. Idle babbling; vain disputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

From which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. 1 Tim. i. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wrangling; altercation. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tanglingly

adv. In a tangling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

江陵

[江陵, Jiāng líng, ㄐㄧㄤㄌㄧㄥˊ](N) Jiangling (place in Hubei)#37856[Add to Longdo]

长岭

[长岭 / 長嶺, Cháng lǐng, ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄥˇ]Changling county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin#51836[Add to Longdo]

上林

[上林, Shàng lín, ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ](N) Shanglin (place in Guangxi)#54554[Add to Longdo]

吊挂

[吊挂 / 吊掛, diào guà, ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ]to hang (e.g. a painting); dangling; hanging (from the ceiling)#73658[Add to Longdo]

黄陵

[黄陵 / 黃陵, Huáng líng, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ](N) Huangling (place in Shaanxi)#80310[Add to Longdo]

广灵

[广灵 / 廣靈, Guǎng líng, ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ](N) Guangling (place in Shanxi)#110592[Add to Longdo]

长岭县

[长岭县 / 長嶺縣, Cháng lǐng xiàn, ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ]Changling county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin#142744[Add to Longdo]

杨陵区

[杨陵区 / 楊陵區, Yáng líng qū, ㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩ](N) Yangling (area in Shaanxi)#207900[Add to Longdo]

譊

[譊, náo, ㄋㄠˊ]wrangling, contention, to dispute#909753[Add to Longdo]

纚

[纚, xǐ, ㄒㄧˇ]long; dangling; kerchief; rope#930354[Add to Longdo]

垂钓

[垂钓 / 垂釣, chuí diào, ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ]angling[Add to Longdo]

步摇

[步摇 / 步搖, bù yào, ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ]dangling ornament worn by women[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Ganglinie { f }

hydrograph[Add to Longdo]

Hochwasserganglinie { f }

flood hydrograph[Add to Longdo]

Mangeln { n } [ textil. ]

mangling[Add to Longdo]

drehend

wangling[Add to Longdo]

entwirren | entwirrend | entwirrt | entwirrt | entwirrte

to untangle | untangling | untangled | untangles | untangled[Add to Longdo]

entwirren | entwirrend | entwirrt | entwirrt | entwirrte

to disentangle | disentangling | disentangled | disentangles | disentangled[Add to Longdo]

erdrosseln; strangulieren | erdrosselnd; strangulierend | erdrosselt; stranguliert | erdrosselt; stranguliert | erdrosselte; strangulierte

to strangle | strangling | strangled | strangles | strangled[Add to Longdo]

hinkriegen; hinbekommen; hindrehen; hinbiegen | hinkriegend; hinbekommend; hindrehend; hinbiegend | hingekriegt; hinbekommen; hingedreht; hingebogen | ich/er/sie kriegte hin; ich/er/sie bekam hin

to wangle | wangling | wangled | I/he/she wangled[Add to Longdo]

keifen | keifend | gekeift | keift | keifte

to jangle | jangling | jangled | jangles | jangled[Add to Longdo]

mangeln | mangelnd | gemangelt

to mangle | mangling | mangled[Add to Longdo]

poltern | polternd | gepoltert | poltert | polterte

to jangle | jangling | jangled | jangles | jangled[Add to Longdo]

schmücken | schmückend | schmückt | schmückte

to spangle | spangling | spangles | spangled[Add to Longdo]

streiten | streitend | gestritten | streitet | stritt

to wrangle | wrangling | wrangled | wrangles | wrangled[Add to Longdo]

umschlingen | umschlingend | umschlungen | umschlingt | umschlang

to entangle | entangling | entangled | entangles | entangled[Add to Longdo]

verwickeln | verwickelnd | verwickelt | nicht verwickelt

to entangle | entangling | entangled | unentangled[Add to Longdo]

verwirren; durcheinander kommen; durcheinanderkommen [ alt ]; verheddern | verwirrend | verwirrt | verwirrte

to tangle up | tangling | tangles | tangled[Add to Longdo]

zerfleischend

mangling[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

釣り(P);釣

[つり, tsuri](n) (1) fishing; angling; (2) (uk) (abbr) (See 釣り銭) change (e.g. for a purchase); (P)#6570[Add to Longdo]

締め

[しめ, shime](n) summing up; judo choking (strangling) techniques; (P)#15345[Add to Longdo]

ひょろ長い

[ひょろながい, hyoronagai](adj-i) long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly[Add to Longdo]

ぶらぶら

[burabura](adj-na, adv, adv-to, vs) (1) (on-mim) dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging; (adv, adv-to, vs) (2) (on-mim) strolling; rambling; roaming; wandering; (3) (on-mim) idly; lazily; leisurely; aimlessly; (4) (on-mim) persisting (of an illness); (P)[Add to Longdo]

ぶらり

[burari](adv-to, adv) (1) (on-mim) dangling; (2) (on-mim) aimlessly; casually; idly; (3) (on-mim) unexpectedly[Add to Longdo]

ぶらりぶらり

[burariburari](adv-to, adv) (on-mim) (See ぶらぶら・1) dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging[Add to Longdo]

ぶら下がり

[ぶらさがり, burasagari](n) (1) (id) cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping; (adj-f) (2) hanging; dangling[Add to Longdo]

ジャラジャラ;じゃらじゃら

[jarajara ; jarajara](adv, adv-to, vs) (1) jingling; jangling; clinking; chinking; (2) lasciviously; coquettishly[Add to Longdo]

角突き合い;角突合い

[つのつきあい, tsunotsukiai](n) constant quarreling; constant quarrelling; bickering; wrangling[Add to Longdo]

狐の窓

[きつねのまど, kitsunenomado](n) way of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers; fox's window[Add to Longdo]

絞殺

[こうさつ, kousatsu](n, vs) strangulation; strangling; (P)[Add to Longdo]

絞首

[こうしゅ, koushu](n, vs) hanging; strangling to death[Add to Longdo]

擦った揉んだ

[すったもんだ, suttamonda](adv, n, adj-no, vs) confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling[Add to Longdo]

手釣

[てづり, teduri](n) handline fishing (angling); handlining[Add to Longdo]

宙ぶらりん;中ぶらりん

[ちゅうぶらりん, chuuburarin](adj-na, adj-no) (1) dangling; hanging; suspended; (2) pending; half done; in limbo; indecisive[Add to Longdo]

釣魚

[ちょうぎょ, chougyo](n) fishing; angling[Add to Longdo]