waggle

wag·gle

transitive verb

-·gled, -·gling

to wag, esp. with short, quick movements

Origin of waggle

frequentative of wag

to move in a shaky or wobbly manner; totter

the act or an instance of waggling

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waggle

verb

wag·gled, wag·gling, wag·gles

verb

transitive

To move (an attached part, for example) with short, quick motions: waggled her foot impatiently.

verb

intransitive

To move shakily; wobble: waggled down the steps.

noun

A wobbling motion.

Origin of waggle

Middle English wagelen frequentative of waggen ; see wag ¹.

Related Forms:

wag′gly
adjective

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present waggles, present participle waggling, simple past and past participle waggled)

To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
(intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.

Noun

(plural waggles)

a wobbling motion

Origin

wag +"Ž -le (“(frequentative)"). Compare continental equivalents Middle High German wacken (> Danish vakle, German wackeln), Swedish vagla, West Frisian waggelje, Low German wackeln, Dutch waggelen.

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