verb
- present participle of daggle; to trail or drag through mud, water, or dirt
Usage: often used of clothing or fabric becoming wet and soiled
adjective
- wet, muddy, or soiled from trailing through mud or water
Usage: chiefly British; somewhat archaic or literary
Examples
- The child's dress was daggling in the puddles as she ran through the garden.
- Her skirt hung daggling and wet after the rain.
- The dog came in with its fur daggling with mud from the field.
- She complained about her hem daggling through the wet grass.
- The fabric was daggling pathetically after being dragged through the stream.
- His coat looked daggling and unkempt after the long journey.