dangle — ONAD

dangle /ˈdaNGɡəl, ˈdæŋɡəl

▸ verb [no object, with adverbial of place] hang or swing loosely:

saucepans dangled from a rail

[with object] they were dangling their legs over the water.

▪ [with object] offer (an enticing incentive) to someone:

two rich commissions that had been dangling so sweetly in front of me.

– PHRASES
keep someone dangling
keep someone in an uncertain position:

he was kept dangling—offered a place in the team and then dropped.

– DERIVATIVES
dangler /ˈdaNGɡlər, ˈdæŋɡlər

/ noun

– ORIGIN late 16th century : symbolic of something loose and pendulous, corresponding to Danish dangle, Swedish dangla, but the origin is unclear.