All dandle synonyms

verb dandle

• fondle — to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress: to fondle a precious object; to fondle a child.
• nuzzle — to burrow or root with the nose, snout, etc., as an animal does: a rabbit nuzzling into the snow.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• toy — an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
• love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
• dance — If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
• toss — Terminal Oriented Social Science
• amuse — If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
• cosset — If someone is cosseted, everything possible is done for them and they are protected from anything unpleasant.
• pet — a fit of peevishness, sulking, or bad mood.
• cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
• rock — rock the boat, Informal. to disrupt the smooth functioning or routine of something: Don't rock the boat by demanding special treatment from management.
• sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
• toy with — If you toy with an idea, you consider it casually without making any decisions about it.
• jiggle — a jiggling movement.
• jog — to move or shake with a push or jerk: The horseman jogged the reins lightly.
• bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
• shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
• caress — If you caress someone, you stroke them gently and affectionately.
• cuddle — If you cuddle someone, you put your arms round them and hold them close as a way of showing your affection.
• stroke — a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
• pamper — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
• rub — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.