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Waggle

//ˈwaɡəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of waggling.
  2. 2
    causing to move repeatedly from side to side wordnet
  3. 3
    A wobbling motion.

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

  4. 4
    The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.
Verb
  1. 1
    To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble. transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion wordnet
  3. 3
    To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness. transitive
  4. 4
    move from side to side wordnet
  5. 5
    To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. intransitive

    "I know you by the waggling of your head."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 2

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.

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