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dangle: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"; hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

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coggle collapse

resonate collapse: be received or understood; sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater"

pend collapse

hang about collapse

waggle collapse

malinger collapse: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

draggle collapse

vibrate collapse: shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

shirk collapse: avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

trot out collapse: bring out and show for inspection and admiration; "His novel trots out a rich heiress"; "always able to trot out some new excuse"

depend collapse: be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends"

roll out collapse: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"; straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

let be collapse

oscillate collapse: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

omit collapse

brandish collapse: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"; exhibit aggressively; "brandish a sword"

divulge collapse

vaunt collapse: extravagant self-praise

procrastinate collapse: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"; postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

make plain collapse

lop collapse

flaunt collapse: the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"; display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"

advertise collapse: call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"; make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

evince collapse

pass up collapse: fail to acknowledge; "he passed me up in the street"

let alone collapse: much less; "she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal"

make a show of collapse

drape collapse: a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination; the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt"; arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth"; place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa"; cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet"

dramatize collapse: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"; put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

waver collapse: the act of moving back and forth; someone who communicates by waving; sway to and fro

vacillate collapse

wag collapse: causing to move repeatedly from side to side; a witty amusing person who makes jokes; move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail"

bring out collapse: direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"; take out of a container or enclosed space; "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!"; bring out of a specific state; encourage to be less reserved; "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy"

betoken collapse

make clear collapse

careen collapse: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

cascade collapse: a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"; a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls; arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible; rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

bobble collapse: the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"

goldbrick collapse: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless; a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not; an idle worthless person; a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

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