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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
/ ˈwæɡəl /
verb
- to move or cause to move with a rapid shaking or wobbling motion
noun
- a rapid shaking or wobbling motion
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Derived Forms
- ˈwagglingly, adverb
- ˈwaggly, adjective
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Other Words From
- waggling·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of waggle1
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Example Sentences
Waggle your eyebrows at a girl, and she'll ask what's wrong with your eye.
He must hold himself ever in readiness to wiggle-waggle in the perpetual Simon-says-thumbs-up game which his crowd is playing.
They were twenty small red demons rather like Billy, and the same number of tiny skeletons, all with waggle-some hands and feet.
The men dance in a circle, stamping the time; the women waggle round and round the circle, outside it.
There he goes, round and round—and now he's asleep—and now he begins to reel—wiggle-waggle—-down he tumbles!
Away she darted a few steps, to whirl and point and waggle a finger at the dumfounded youth.
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