(grammar) Any participle used as a dangling modifier.

(grammar) A word or clause that qualifies another word or clause ambiguously, possibly causing confusion with regard to the intended meaning.

(programming) A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object.

(dated) To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.

plural of dangling participle

(obsolete) Hanging loose; swinging backwards and forwards.

plural of dangling modifier

plural of dangling else

(aviation, slang) To lower the landing gear of an aircraft in preparation for landing.

(programming) A potential ambiguity in a programming language that occurs when an else clause can be associated with either a nested conditional or with the clause that encloses the nested conditional.