"waggle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɡəl/ [UK] Forms: waggles [plural]
Rhymes: -æɡəl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wagelen}} Middle English wagelen, {{der|en|gml|wagelen}} Middle Low German wagelen, {{suf|en|wag|le|t2=(frequentative)}} wag + -le (“(frequentative)”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} waggle (plural waggles)
  1. An instance of waggling.
    Sense id: en-waggle-en-noun-sQIeh70V
  2. A wobbling motion.
    Sense id: en-waggle-en-noun-xMEcRrUG
  3. (golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke. Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-waggle-en-noun-XJ8GExvz Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

IPA: /ˈwaɡəl/ [UK] Forms: waggles [present, singular, third-person], waggling [participle, present], waggled [participle, past], waggled [past]
Rhymes: -æɡəl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wagelen}} Middle English wagelen, {{der|en|gml|wagelen}} Middle Low German wagelen, {{suf|en|wag|le|t2=(frequentative)}} wag + -le (“(frequentative)”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} waggle (third-person singular simple present waggles, present participle waggling, simple past and past participle waggled)
  1. (transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble. Tags: transitive Translations (move with short, quick motions; wobble): поклащам (poklaštam) (Bulgarian), vrtět [imperfective] (Czech), zavrtět [perfective] (Czech), kmitat [imperfective] (Czech), zakmitat [perfective] (Czech), mávat [imperfective] (Czech), zamávat [perfective] (Czech), kvedlat [imperfective] (Czech), zakvedlat [perfective] (Czech), frétiller (French), wackeln (German), wedeln (German), 振る (furu) (Japanese), 動かす (ugokasu) (Japanese), ぐらぐら動かす (guragura ugokasu) (Japanese), mānānana (Maori), tīonioni (Maori), pīonioni (Maori), nenei (Maori), agitar (Portuguese), sacudir (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-waggle-en-verb-ugnBJ-JS Disambiguation of 'move with short, quick motions; wobble': 84 2 13
  2. (transitive, of the eyebrows) To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-waggle-en-verb-FG~YsdjZ
  3. (intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-waggle-en-verb-l20p9yoq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 22 3 3 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 10 9 18 6 5 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 9 19 6 3 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 4 17 6 5 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 17 3 2 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 5 32 5 9 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 5 26 6 10 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 10 22 8 4 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 8 21 6 5 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 8 20 6 3 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 6 30 5 8 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 5 29 4 8 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: joystick waggler, waggle dance, waggler, waggly, woggle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "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]:",
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          "ref": "1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 56:",
          "text": "Oscar turned to someone who wasn't there and waggled his head. \"Hoo, boy,\" he said.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble."
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        "(transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness."
      ],
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        "(transitive, of the eyebrows) To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness."
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        "of the eyebrows"
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        {
          "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"
        }
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        "To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle."
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        "(intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle."
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      "roman": "poklaštam",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "поклащам"
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      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
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      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
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      "word": "kvedlat"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "frétiller"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "wackeln"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "wedeln"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furu",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "振る"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ugokasu",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "動かす"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "guragura ugokasu",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "ぐらぐら動かす"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "mānānana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "tīonioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "pīonioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "nenei"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "agitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "move with short, quick motions; wobble",
      "word": "sacudir"
    }
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  "word": "waggle"
}

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        "An instance of waggling."
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          "text": "Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.",
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        "The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke."
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        "(golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke."
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        "golf",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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  ],
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}

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