Dandled vs Handled - What's the difference?
dandled | handled |
(dandle)
To move up and down on one’s knee or in one’s arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
:* "you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees." – Isaiah 66:12 (NIV)
To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
:* [T]hey have put me in a silk night-gown and gaudy fool's cap, and make me now and then stand in the window with it. I am ashamed to be dandled thus, and cannot look in the glass without blushing to see myself turned into such a pretty little master. –
:* The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. –
(obsolete) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
:* Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. –
(handle)
Having a specified number or kind of handles.
As verbs the difference between dandled and handled
is that dandled is past tense of dandle while handled is past tense of handle.As an adjective handled is
having a specified number or kind of handles.dandled
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(head)dandle
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(dandl)Derived terms
* dandlerSee also
* dander * fondle * petAnagrams
* (Webster 1913)handled
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(head)Adjective
(-)- a two-handled drinking cup