Present participle of dandle; the act of bouncing or playing gently with a baby or young child.
From dandle + -ing (the suffix forming present participles and gerunds). Shows dandle following standard English verb conjugation patterns.
Dandling is the most commonly used form of this verb family—'the grandmother was dandling the baby'—probably because it sounds more intimate and literary than the other forms. The -ing creates that sense of continuous, tender action.
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