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wag⋅gle

  [wag-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to wobble or shake, esp. 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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wag·gle   (wāg'əl)   
v.   wag·gled, wag·gling, wag·gles

v.   tr.
To move (an attached part, for example) with short, quick motions: waggled her foot impatiently.
v.   intr.
To move shakily; wobble: waggled down the steps.
n.  A wobbling motion.

[Middle English wagelen, frequentative of waggen; see wag1.]
wag'gly adj.
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