Waggle

Quick meaning: Waggle is a verb meaning (transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.

Meaning

(transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
2. An instance of waggling.
3. A wobbling motion.
4. (golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.
5. (transitive, of the eyebrows) To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.

Example Sentences

I know you by the waggling of your head.

Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.

Oscar turned to someone who wasn't there and waggled his head. "Hoo, boy," he said.

Why do you go Nodding and Waggling so like a Fool, as if you were Hipshot? says the Goose to her Gosselin.

Word Forms

• waggles
• waggling
• waggled

Synonyms for waggle

Depending on context, synonyms include shake, wag, reel, wamble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wag, shake, reel, wamble, wiggle, wigwag.

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