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waggle
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wag·gle
/
ˈwæg
əl
/
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wag
-
uh
l
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verb,
wag·gled,
wag·gling,
noun
verb (used without object)
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)
2.
to move up and down or from side to side in a short, rapid manner;
wag
:
to waggle one's head.
3.
Golf.
to make a waggle with (a golf club).
noun
4.
a waggling motion.
5.
Golf.
a swinging
movement
made with a golf club to and fro over the ball prior to a stroke.
Origin:
1585–95;
wag
+
-le
Related forms
wag·gling·ly,
adverb
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waggle
(ˈwæɡ
ə
l)
—
vb
1.
to move or cause to move with a rapid shaking or wobbling motion
—
n
2.
a rapid shaking or wobbling motion
[C16: frequentative of
wag
1
]
'wagglingly
—
adv
'waggly
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
waggle
1440, frequentative of
wag
(v.). Cf. Du. waggelen "to waggle," O.H.G. wagon "to move, shake," Ger. wackeln "to totter."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Learn why bees
waggle
, how insects see and other fascinating characteristics.
The bees will dance in a circle and
waggle
their tails.
These jiggling particles
waggle
the cilia, telling the corals where to head.
The free yaw design allowed the turbine to
waggle
back and forth creating large moments on the bearing.
In fact, close observation has even enabled them to read the insect's
waggle
performance.
Honey bees do a little movement called the
waggle
dance to alert each other to new food sources.
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