- waggle
- [ˈwæg(ə)l]verb [I/T]to move up and down or from side to side with short quick movements, or to make something move in this way
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waggle — (v.) mid 15c., frequentative of WAG (Cf. wag) (v.). Cf. Du. waggelen to waggle, O.H.G. wagon to move, shake, Ger. wackeln to totter. Related: Waggled; waggling … Etymology dictionary
Waggle — Wag gle, v. i. [Freq. of wag; cf. D. waggelen, G. wackeln.] To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. [1913 Webster] Why do you go nodding and waggling so? L Estrange. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Waggle — Wag gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waggling}.] To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Waggle — Wag gle, n. A waggling or wagging; specif. (Golf), the preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waggle — index brandish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
waggle — [v] shake bobble, flourish, flutter, jerk, jiggle, joggle, quiver, twitch, wag, wave, wiggle; concept 150 … New thesaurus
waggle — ► VERB ▪ move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down. ► NOUN ▪ an act of waggling. DERIVATIVES waggler noun waggly adjective. ORIGIN from WAG(Cf. ↑wag) … English terms dictionary
waggle — [wag′əl] vt. waggled, waggling [freq. of WAG1] to wag, esp. with short, quick movements vi. to move in a shaky or wobbly manner; totter n. the act or an instance of waggling waggly adj … English World dictionary
waggle — UK [ˈwæɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms waggle : present tense I/you/we/they waggle he/she/it waggles present participle waggling past tense waggled past participle waggled to move up and down or from side to side with short… … English dictionary
waggle — wagglingly, adv. /wag euhl/, v., waggled, waggling, n. v.i. 1. to wobble or shake, esp. while in motion: The ball waggled slowly to a stop. The leaves of the tree waggled in the wind. v.t. 2. to move up and down or from side to side in a short,… … Universalium
waggle — wag|gle [ˈwægəl] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: wag] to move something up and down or from side to side using short quick movements = ↑wiggle ▪ Can you waggle your ears? >waggle n [singular] … Dictionary of contemporary English
