dandle

1. v. t. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. Source: opted

2. v. t. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. Source: opted

3. v. t. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. Source: opted

4. v. move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees Source: wordnet

5. 1. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. Is. 2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. Addison. The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. Jeffrey. 3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.] Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. Spenser. Source: webster

6. v:100 v. move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees v. pet Source: ecdict

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