Word of the Week
S01 E17: Dandle
Season 1 Episode 17 | 25sVideo has Closed Captions
This word should give your day a bounce.
There’s nothing more infectious than the laugh of a happy child. Employee this verb with the youngster of your choice and you’re likely to bring a smile to more than one face.
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Word of the Week is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Word of the Week
S01 E17: Dandle
Season 1 Episode 17 | 25sVideo has Closed Captions
There’s nothing more infectious than the laugh of a happy child. Employee this verb with the youngster of your choice and you’re likely to bring a smile to more than one face.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(reverent orchestral music) - [Narrator] The word of the week is dandle, something parents and grandparents often do to amuse and sometimes quiet a child by bouncing them on a knee.
No one knows the origin of the word, but it's been around in English for hundreds of years, so to dandle is to carry on a long parenting tradition.
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