waggle

(wăg'əl)

v., -gled, -gling, -gles.

v.tr.
To move (an attached part, for example) with short, quick motions: waggled her foot impatiently.

v.intr.
To move shakily; wobble: waggled down the steps.

n.
A wobbling motion.

[Middle English wagelen, frequentative of waggen. See wag¹.]

waggly wag'gly adj.

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verb

1. To move to and fro vigorously and usually repeatedly: switch, wag¹, wave. See repetition.
2. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: beat, flap, flitter, flop, flutter, wave. See repetition.
3. To move or proceed with short irregular motions up and down or from side to side: squiggle, squirm, wiggle, worm, wriggle, writhe. See move/halt, repetition.

To move an airplane’s wings up and down while in flight, usually for giving a signal. It is done by making short oscillations about the longitudinal axis.

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For a list of words related to waggle, see:

• Golf
• Directions - waggle: move from side to side shakily

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See words rhyming with "waggly."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vrikke, vugge, svinge, bevæge sig frem og tilbage, ryste
v. intr. - bevæge sig frem og tilbage
n. - vuggen, vrikken, logren

Nederlands (Dutch)
waggelen, waggeling

Français (French)
v. tr. - agiter, faire bouger
v. intr. - remuer
n. - action d'agiter, remuement

Deutsch (German)
v. - wedeln, wackeln, hin- und herbewegen
n. - Wedeln, Wackeln, Schwanken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λικνίζω/-ομαι, σείω/-ομαι, κουνώ (τα αυτιά)
n. - λίκνισμα (γοφών κ.λπ.), κούνημα, ταλάντευση των πτερύγων αεροσκάφους, (καθομ.) χορός μέλισσας

Italiano (Italian)
scuotere, dondolare, agitare, dimenare, oscillazione, dondolamento

Português (Portuguese)
v. - balançar
n. - balanço (m)

Русский (Russian)
помахивать, покачиваться, ходить вразвалку

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - tambalear, menear
v. intr. - menearse, oscilar, ondearse, tambalearse
n. - meneo, contoneo, tambaleo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vifta
n. - viftning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使不停地来回摇动, 击球前来回摆动球棒的前端, 不停地来回摇动, 击球前球棒前端的来回摆动, 摇动, 摇摆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使不停地來回搖動, 擊球前來回擺動球棒的前端
v. intr. - 不停地來回搖動, 擊球前球棒前端的來回擺動
n. - 搖動, 搖擺

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 흔들다, 엉덩이를 흔들며 걷다
v. intr. - 흔들리다, 엉덩이를 흔들며 걷다
n. - 흔들기, (골프) 왜글

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 振る, 揺り動かす, ゆする
n. - 振ること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهز, يهتز, يتهادى في المشي (الاسم) هزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כישכש, ניענע‬
v. intr. - ‮התנועע‬
n. - ‮כשכוש, נענוע‬

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