To dandle a baby or small child is to bounce him on your lap. You might dandle your little nephew to make him laugh.
To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
Verb
pet; "the grandfather dandled the small child"
Verb
move (a baby) up and down in one''s arms or on one''s knees
v. t.
To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in
affectionate play, as an infant.
v. t.
To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy
with; to pet.
v. t.
To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to
wheedle.
Dandle
Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees.2.
They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus.
The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence.3.
Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued.
To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
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