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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: dan - dandle</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="dan"> dan (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small buoy with a pole displaying a flag by day and a lantern by night, used to indicate the position of deep-sea fish lines or a center about which a trawler is worked. </DL> <A NAME="dan"> dan (2) or Dan (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several grades or ranks of proficiency in Japanese sports and games. Ex. Iyeda ... now ranks as a fifth Dan professional (ninth Dan is highest) in his native Japan (Time). </DL> <A NAME="dan"> Dan (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the fifth son of Jacob. Bilhah was his mother (in the Bible, Genesis 30:6). <DD> 2. the Hebrew tribe descended from him, that migrated to northern Palestine. </DL> <A NAME="dan"> Dan (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) an honorable title equivalent to Master or Sir: Dan Chaucer, Dan Cupid. </DL> <A NAME="dan"> Dan.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Daniel. <DD> 2. Danish. </DL> <A NAME="danae"> Danae, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the mother of Perseus. After she was visited by Zeus in the form of a shower of gold she bore him a son, Perseus. </DL> <A NAME="danaid"> Danaid, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the Danaides. </DL> <A NAME="danaidean"> Danaidean, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having to do with or suggestive of the Danaides. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) laborious, useless, and endless; futile. Ex. a Danaidean task. </DL> <A NAME="danaides"> Danaides, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the fifty daughters of Danaus. All but one, Hypermnestra, killed their husbands on their wedding night and were condemned to draw water with a sieve forever in Hades. </DL> <A NAME="danakil"> Danakil, noun, pl. -kils or -kil. =Afar (a Hamitic people).</DL> <A NAME="danaus"> Danaus, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) a king of Argos. See also Danaides. </DL> <A NAME="danburite"> danburite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, a borosilicate of calcium, of a white to yellowish color, often occurring in fine crystals resembling topaz. </DL> <A NAME="dance"> dance, verb, danced, dancing, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to move in rhythm, usually in time with music. Ex. The ballerina can dance very gracefully. <DD> 2. to jump up and down; move in a lively way. Ex. The little boy danced with delight. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to bob up and down. Ex. a boat dancing on the water. <DD>v.t. 1. to do, perform, or take part in (a dance). Ex. They danced a waltz. <DD> 2. to cause to dance. Ex. He danced me around the room. <DD> 3. to bring about by dancing. Ex. She danced holes in her shoes. <DD>noun 1. movement in rhythm, usually in time with music. Ex. The dances of primitive peoples were usually mass dances (Emory S. Bogardus). <DD> 2. some special group of steps. Ex. The waltz is a well-known dance. <DD> 3. a party where people dance; dancing party. Ex. My older sister is going to the high-school dance. <DD> 4. one round of dancing. Ex. May I have the next dance? <DD> 5. a piece or type of music for dancing. <DD> 6. the art of dancing. <DD> 7. (Figurative.) movement up and down; lively movement. Ex. the dance of shadows on the wall. <DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with dancing. <DD> 2. for dancing. Ex. dance music. expr. dance attendance on. See under attendance. expr. dance to one's tune. See under tune. </DL> <A NAME="danceable"> danceable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be danced to. Ex. The Moiseyev performers showed their ready assimilation of any danceable pattern (Saturday Review). </DL> <A NAME="dancedrama"> dance drama,<DL COMPACT><DD> a drama in which the story is told by elaborate dance movements, formalized gestures, and chanting or dialogue. Japanese no plays are dance dramas. </DL> <A NAME="dancehall"> dance hall,<DL COMPACT><DD> a public hall or room in which dances are held. </DL> <A NAME="dancehall"> dancehall, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> dance music that is an electronic mixture of various popular music styles accompanied by talking or rapping to the rhythm of the music. Ex. Historically, [Jamaican] dancehall can be viewed as the antecedent to American rap (Rolling Stone). adj. dance-hall. </DL> <A NAME="danceofdeath"> dance of death,<DL COMPACT><DD> a representation in which a skeleton, Death, dances with people to suggest the ever-present danger of death. </DL> <A NAME="dancer"> dancer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who dances. Ex. The dancers sat down and began to talk after the music was over. <DD> 2. a person whose occupation is dancing. Ex. Bright polished brass like the cymbals of King David's dancers (Langston Hughes). </DL> <A NAME="dancercise"> dancercise, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of dancing, especially in a group, as a type of physical exercise. Ex. Witnessing a performance of Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal is much like watching a "dancercise" class work itself into a ... lather of shimmying, shaking, jiving, and high-kicking (Maclean's). </DL> <A NAME="dancette"> dancette, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Architecture.) a molding with a pattern of zigzags or chevrons. <DD> 2. (Heraldry.) a fess dancette. </DL> <A NAME="dancette"> dancette, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) having large and deeply marked indentations or zigzags, usually three in number. Ex. a fess dancette. </DL> <A NAME="dancing"> dancing, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the performance of a dance. Ex. The ballerina's dancing was superb. <DD> 2. the art of performing dances; dance. <DD>adj. that dances. Ex. dancing flames. </DL> <A NAME="dancingcard"> dancing card,<DL COMPACT><DD> a card on which to write the names of the persons with whom one has agreed to dance in a single evening. </DL> <A NAME="dancingdervish"> dancing dervish,<DL COMPACT><DD> a monk or friar of a Mohammedan religious order that has a ceremony in which they dance and spin about violently; whirling dervish. </DL> <A NAME="dancinggirl"> dancing girl,<DL COMPACT><DD> a professional woman dancer, especially of the Middle East and the Orient; nautch dancer. Ex. Circassian dancing girls who were doing high kicks in long skirts on a rickety rostrum ... (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="dancingmania"> dancing mania, =tarantism.</DL> <A NAME="dancingmaster"> dancing master,<DL COMPACT><DD> an instructor of dancing, especially in a dancing school. Ex. A dancing master ... came by on a bus with his dancing class on an outing (John Ciardi). </DL> <A NAME="dancingschool"> dancing school,<DL COMPACT><DD> a school in which social and ballroom dancing are taught, especially to children. </DL> <A NAME="dancy"> dancy, adjective, dancier, danciest.<DL COMPACT><DD> dancing; lively and spry. Ex. ... [the] slightly dancy step of an old athlete (John Cheever). </DL> <A NAME="dandc"> D and C or D & C (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> dilation and curettage (the operation of dilating the cervix and scraping the uterus to remove a cyst, perform an abortion, or the like). </DL> <A NAME="dandd"> D. & D. or D and D (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD> 1. deaf and dumb. Ex. Playing D. & D. with cops was a lesson taught in the quiet back rooms of precinct houses (Time). <DD> 2. drunk and disorderly. Ex. The red-faced man whispered, "I'm in on a D and D, son, I don't want any trouble, I'm getting out tomorrow" (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="dandelion"> dandelion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a weed with deeply notched leaves and bright-yellow flowers on a hollow stalk. Dandelions bloom in the spring. They belong to the composite family. <DD> 2. any one of various related plants. </DL> <A NAME="dandeliongreens"> dandelion greens,<DL COMPACT><DD> the tender leaves of young dandelions, used as potherbs. </DL> <A NAME="dander"> dander (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) temper; anger. expr. get one's dander up, to get angry; lose one's temper. Ex. He 'pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up (Mark Twain). </DL> <A NAME="dander"> dander (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =dandruff. <DD> 2. particles like dandruff that fall from skin, feathers, or hair. Ex. They were told the mist contained allergens, such as pollen, dust, or animal dander (Science News). </DL> <A NAME="dander"> dander (3), intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD> 1. to stroll; saunter. <DD> 2. to talk incoherently. </DL> <A NAME="dandi"> dandi, noun. =dandy (3).</DL> <A NAME="dandiacal"> dandiacal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like that of a dandy. Ex. dandiacal clothes. </DL> <A NAME="dandiedinmont"> Dandie Dinmont, or Dandie Dinmont terrier,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small terrier with a long body, long ears, short legs, and a rough coat, that originated in the Cheviot Hills between England and Scotland. </DL> <A NAME="dandification"> dandification, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a dandifying or being dandified. <DD> 2. something that dandifies. </DL> <A NAME="dandify"> dandify, transitive verb, -fied, -fying.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make trim or smart like a dandy; make foppish. Ex. Roy was conscious of his hands. They were square and smooth, with dandified nails (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="dandiprat"> dandiprat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small English coin worth three halfpence, used in the 1500's. <DD> 2. a child; urchin. <DD> 3. an insignificant person; whipper-snapper. <DD> 4. (Obsolete or Archaic.) a dwarf; pygmy. Also, dandyprat. </DL> <A NAME="dandle"> dandle, transitive verb, -dled, -dling.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to move (a child) up and down on one's knees or in one's arms. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to pet; pamper. Ex. Pianist Ellis Larkins ... has a sophisticated beat all his own and a sweet, gentle way of dandling a tune (Time). </DL> <A HREF="dandler.dic">NEXT</A>