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shoogle

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shoogle (ˈʃʊɡ^əl)

—vb
1.	to shake, sway, or rock back and forth

—n
2.	a rocking motion; shake

[from dialectal shog, shug; apparently related to German schaukeln to shake]

'shoogly

—*adj*

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