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waggle
[wag-uhl]
verb (used without object)
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)
to move up and down or from side to side in a short, rapid manner; wag.
to waggle one's head.
Golf.to make a waggle with (a golf club).
noun
a waggling motion.
Golf.a swinging movement made with a golf club to and fro over the ball prior to a stroke.
waggle
/ ˈæɡə /
verb
to move or cause to move with a rapid shaking or wobbling motion
noun
a rapid shaking or wobbling motion
Other 51Թ Forms
- wagglingly adverb
- ˈɲ adjective
- ˈɲԲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of waggle1
Example Sentences
He added: "He had a super swing - a no-nonsense swing. One waggle and away it went."
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.
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.
“Poor Lady Augusta Drear, Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess, has not had a happy crossing,” she said, waggling her old head.
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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