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Aug 28, 2006 This week's theme There is a word for it This week's words pollicitation nudiustertian dandle phatic tarantism Have your say in our discussion forum Wordsmith Talk Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg dandle dandle (DAN-dl) verb tr. 1. To bounce a child on the knees or in the arms. 2. To pamper or pet. [Of uncertain origin.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "Out in the chilly Pacific air, people gossiped, drank Red Bull and vodka, dandled babies and sat around on canvas-covered poufs in a closed parking lot." Guy Trebay; Off the Wall and Off the Hook; The New York Times; Aug 11, 2006. X-Bonus A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it. -Frank A. Clark, writer (b. 1911)

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