waggle
71wag — [13] Wag was derived from the Middle English descendant of Old English wagian ‘totter’, a word related to English wave of the sea. Waggle [15] was based on it. The noun wag ‘comical fellow’, first recorded in the 16th century, is generally taken… …
72wangle — obtain something by trickery, 1888, originally British printer s slang for fake by manipulation; perhaps an alteration of WAGGLE (Cf. waggle), or of wankle (now dial.) unsteady, fickle, from O.E. wancol (see WENCH (Cf. wench)). Brought into wider …
73wag — I verb 1) the dog s tail wagged frantically Syn: swing, swish, switch, sway, shake, quiver, twitch, whip, bob; informal waggle 2) he wagged his stick at them Syn: shake, wave …
74swing — v 1. sway, oscillate, pendulate, librate; vacillate, rock, move back and forth or backward and forward, lurch, yaw; wag, wave, waver, waggle, Naut. jibe; wobble, bob, dangle, hang; seesaw, teeter totter, ebb and flow, come and go, wibble wabble;… …
75wag — v 1. pendulate, sway, swing, waggle, wiggle, Inf. diddle; wobble, bobble, bob, nod, wave, flutter; fluctuate, oscillate, wigwag; flap, flit, flicker, flip, beat; shake, rock, jerk, twitch, vellicate; jiggle, sputter, waver, dance, undulate; swish …
76shake — 1. verb 1) the building shook Syn: vibrate, tremble, quiver, quake, shiver, shudder, judder, wobble, rock, sway, convulse 2) she shook the bottle Syn …
77wag — [13] Wag was derived from the Middle English descendant of Old English wagian ‘totter’, a word related to English wave of the sea. Waggle [15] was based on it. The noun wag ‘comical fellow’, first recorded in the 16th century, is generally taken… …
78wan´gler — wan|gle1 «WANG guhl», verb, gled, gling. Informal. –v.t. 1. to manage to get by schemes, tricks, persuasion, or the like: »to wangle an interview with the president. 2. to change (an account, report, or other datum) dishonestly for one s… …
79wan|gle — wan|gle1 «WANG guhl», verb, gled, gling. Informal. –v.t. 1. to manage to get by schemes, tricks, persuasion, or the like: »to wangle an interview with the president. 2. to change (an account, report, or other datum) dishonestly for one s… …
80Wiggle — Wig gle, v. t. & i. [Cf. {Wag}, v. t., {Waggle}.] To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in… …
