waggles
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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waggle (ˈwæɡəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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