Waggle Definition

wăgəl
waggled, waggles, waggling
verb
waggled, waggles, waggling
To wag, esp. with short, quick movements.
Webster's New World
To move in a shaky or wobbly manner; totter.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
waggles
The act or an instance of waggling.
Webster's New World

A wobbling motion.

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Other Word Forms of Waggle

Noun

Singular:
waggle
Plural:
waggles

Origin of Waggle

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English wagelen frequentative of waggen wag1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Waggle Sentence Examples

  • If you're wearing makeup instead of a mask, you may want to practice your tongue waggle to get in the act.

  • There are an infinite number of ways you could wiggle a finger or waggle your head.

  • A few weeks later he rang me to say that the blank was ready for me to come and ' have a waggle '.

  • The scientists watched the waggle dance occurring in a glass observation hive and identified recruits.

  • A few weeks later he rang me to say that the blank was ready for me to come and ' have a waggle ' .

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Words Starting With

WWAWAG

Words Ending With

ELEGLE

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