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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An instance of waggling."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A wobbling motion."
],
"links": [
[
"wobbling",
"wobbling"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Golf"
],
"glosses": [
"The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke."
],
"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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