waggle

  • 21waggle — wag|gle [ wægl ] verb intransitive or transitive to move up and down or from side to side with short quick movements, or make something move that way: Roger waggled his eyebrows suggestively. ╾ wag|gle noun count …

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  • 22waggle — wag·gle || wægl n. wag, side to side movement (of the tail); swinging, shake; sway v. wag, move from side to side (of the tail); swing, shake; sway …

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  • 23waggle — To move an airplane’s wings up and down while in flight, usually for giving a signal. It is done by making short oscillations about the longitudinal axis …

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  • 24waggle — verb move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down. ↘swing (a golf club) loosely to and fro over the ball before playing a shot. noun an act of waggling. Derivatives waggler noun waggly adjective Origin C16: frequentative of… …

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  • 25waggle — I. v. n. Tottle, toddle, waddle. II. v. a. Wag, shake, move one way and the other …

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  • 26waggle — verb, informal See wag I …

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  • 27waggle — wag·gle …

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  • 28waggle — [ˈwæg(ə)l] verb [I/T] to move up and down or from side to side with short quick movements, or to make something move in this way …

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  • 29waggle — [c]/ˈwægəl / (say waguhl) verb (waggled, waggling) –verb (t) 1. to wag (something) with short, quick movements: she waggled her finger. –verb (i) 2. to wag with short, quick movements: her finger waggled. –noun 3. a waggling motion.… …

  • 30waggle — v. & n. colloq. v. 1 intr. & tr. wag. 2 intr. Golf swing the club head to and fro over the ball before playing a shot. n. a waggling motion. Etymology: WAG(1) + LE(4) …

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