waggle
noun
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L330236 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to wiggle anything fixed at one end
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwaɡəl/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English wagelen (attested in wagelyng), possibly a borrowing of Middle Low German wagelen; equivalent to wag + -le (“(frequentative)”). Compare continental equivalents Middle High German wacken ( > Danish vakle, German wackeln), Swedish vagla, West Frisian waggelje, Low German wackeln, Dutch waggelen.
- An instance of waggling.
- A wobbling motion.
“Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.”
- The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English wagelen (attested in wagelyng), possibly a borrowing of Middle Low German wagelen; equivalent to wag + -le (“(frequentative)”). Compare continental equivalents Middle High German wacken ( > Danish vakle, German wackeln), Swedish vagla, West Frisian waggelje, Low German wackeln, Dutch waggelen.
- To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
“The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions.”
“Oscar turned to someone who wasn't there and waggled his head. "Hoo, boy," he said.”
- To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
- To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
“I know you by the waggling of your head.”
“Why do you go Nodding and Waggling so like a Fool, as if you were Hipshot? says the Goose to her Gosselin.”