dandiner

dɑ̃dine

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Conjugation

Definition of dandiner - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

mouvementfaire balancer le corps de façon nonchalante ou gênée

Il dandine ses épaules en marchant dans la rue.

se balancer

se trémousser

pêche

TECH.

pratiquer une technique de pêche avec une ligne qui bouge

TECH.

Le pêcheur dandine sa ligne près des rochers.

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se dandiner

balancer son corps de façon rythmée par décontraction ou gêne

Elle se dandine en attendant son tour dans la file d'attente.

Origin of dandiner

ancien français, dandiner (balancer)

Terms with dandiner included in their meaning

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marcher comme un canard

démarche

se dandiner en marchant avec les pieds écartés et le corps qui balance

branler

Québec

bouger ou se dandiner

Examples of dandiner in a sentence

Le canard se dandine en traversant la route.
Il aime dandiner sa ligne au lever du soleil.
Nous avons appris à dandiner correctement pour attirer les poissons.

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English:swagger, jig, ...
German:watscheln, zupfen, ...
Italian:dondolare, jiggare, ...
Spanish:contonearse, menejar, ...
Portuguese:abanar-se, jiggar, ...
Chinese:扭动, 抖动, ...
Japanese:体を揺らす, しゃくる, ...
Arabic:تمايل, حرّك خيط الصيد, ...
Hebrew:לְהִתְנַדְנֵד, לְנַדְנֵד אֶת הַחוּט, ...
Russian:виля́ть, покачивать, ...
Ukrainian:хитатися, підсмикувати вудку, ...
Catalan:balancer-se, menejar la línia, ...
Danish:svaje, dørge, ...
Dutch:waggelen, dandinen, ...
Greek:κουνιέμαι, κουνώ τη πετονιά, ...
Hungarian:riszálni, dandinázni, ...
Khmer:យោលកាយ, កន្ត្រាក់ខ្សែនេសាទ, ...
Korean:흔들다, 낚싯줄을 흔들다, ...
Polish:kołysać, dżigować, ...
Portuguese (BR):dandinar, balançar a linha, ...
Romanian:a se legăna, a dândăni, ...
Swedish:vicka på sig, pimpla, ...
Thai:แกว่งตัวไปมา, ขยับสายเบ็ด, ...
Turkish:salınmak, zoka sallamak, ...
Vietnamese:lắc lư, lắc dây câu, ...

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