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waggle

[ wag-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

waggled, waggling.
  1. to wobble or shake, especially while in motion:

    The ball waggled slowly to a stop. The leaves of the tree waggled in the wind.



verb (used with object)

waggled, waggling.
  1. to move up and down or from side to side in a short, rapid manner; wag:

    to waggle one's head.

  2. Golf. to make a waggle with (a golf club).

noun

  1. a waggling motion.
  2. Golf. a swinging movement made with a golf club to and fro over the ball prior to a stroke.

waggle

/ ˈ·Éæɡə±ô /

verb

  1. to move or cause to move with a rapid shaking or wobbling motion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a rapid shaking or wobbling motion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É²¹²µ²µ±ô²â, adjective
  • ˈ·É²¹²µ²µ±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waggle1

First recorded in 1585–95; wag + -le
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waggle1

C16: frequentative of wag 1
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Example Sentences

He added: "He had a super swing - a no-nonsense swing. One waggle and away it went."

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Millions of people watched the awards shows where Williams waggled his hips at Tom Jones, or challenged Oasis’ Liam Gallagher to a fist fight — moments that have been absorbed into pop culture.

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But he says the new research reveals more about the structure of a species’ communication system, much as scientists deciphered how the waggles of honey bees tell other bees where flowers are located.

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“Poor Lady Augusta Drear, Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess, has not had a happy crossing,†she said, waggling her old head.

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Want to lunge my head forward and bite Gillicut’s ankle as hard as I can, waggling my head around to make it hurt more, the way Inkling told me.

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