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Verb: dandle  dan-d(u)l
  1. Move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
    "The grandmother dandled the infant on her lap"
     
  2. Pet
    "the grandfather dandled the small child"

Derived forms: dandled, dandles, dandling

Type of: caress, displace, fondle, move