See waggle on Wiktionary
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wobble", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zakmitat" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "mávat" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zamávat" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "kvedlat" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zakvedlat" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "frétiller" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "wackeln" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "wedeln" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "furu", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "振る" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ugokasu", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "動かす" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "guragura ugokasu", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "ぐらぐら動かす" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "mānānana" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "tīonioni" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "pīonioni" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "nenei" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "agitar" }, { "_dis1": "84 2 13", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble", "word": "sacudir" } ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness." ], "id": "en-waggle-en-verb-FG~YsdjZ", "links": [ [ "slyness", "slyness" ], [ "smugness", "smugness" ], [ "suggestiveness", "suggestiveness" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, of the eyebrows) To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness." ], "raw_tags": [ "of the eyebrows" ], "tags": [ "transitive" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "7 2 22 3 3 62", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 9 18 6 5 52", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -le", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 9 19 6 3 53", "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 4 17 6 5 62", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 4 17 3 2 70", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "8 5 32 5 9 42", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 5 26 6 10 41", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Czech translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 10 22 8 4 46", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with French translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "8 8 21 6 5 52", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 8 20 6 3 54", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Japanese translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 6 30 5 8 43", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Maori translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 5 29 4 8 44", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:", "text": "I know you by the waggling of your head.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Why do you go Nodding and Waggling so like a Fool, as if you were Hipshot? says the Goose to her Gosselin.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small:", "text": "The tassel on the end of his pigtail waggled all down the path and, as he turned out of the gate, it gave a special little flip.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle." ], "id": "en-waggle-en-verb-l20p9yoq", "links": [ [ "reel", "reel" ], [ "sway", "sway" ], [ "waddle", "waddle" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle." ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈwaɡəl/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "rhymes": "-æɡəl" } ], "word": "waggle" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "wagelen" }, "expansion": "Middle English wagelen", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gml", "3": "wagelen" }, "expansion": "Middle Low German wagelen", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "wag", "3": "le", "t2": "(frequentative)" }, "expansion": "wag + -le (“(frequentative)”)", "name": "suf" } ], "etymology_text": "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.", "forms": [ { "form": "waggles", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "waggle (plural waggles)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "An instance of waggling." ], "id": "en-waggle-en-noun-sQIeh70V" }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "A wobbling motion." ], "id": "en-waggle-en-noun-xMEcRrUG", "links": [ [ "wobbling", "wobbling" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Golf", "orig": "en:Golf", "parents": [ "Ball games", "Sports", "Human activity", "Human behaviour", "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke." ], "id": "en-waggle-en-noun-XJ8GExvz", "links": [ [ "golf", "golf" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke." ], "topics": [ "golf", "hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈwaɡəl/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "rhymes": "-æɡəl" } ], "word": "waggle" }
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