waggle
Use Waggle in a sentence
əl 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.
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| —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 | |
| 'wagglingly | |
| —adv | |
| 'waggly | |
| —adj | |
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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."
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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.
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