The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
WAGGLE
wag, waggle, shake
(noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side
wamble, waggle
(verb) move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
wag, waggle
(verb) move from side to side; “The happy dog wagged his tail”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
waggle (third-person singular simple present waggles, present participle waggling, simple past and past participle waggled)
(transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
(intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
Noun
waggle (plural waggles)
A wobbling motion.
(golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.
Anagrams
• waggel
Source: Wiktionary
Wag"gle, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of wag; cf. D. waggelen, G. wackeln.]
Definition: To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. Why do you go nodding and waggling so L'Estrange.
Wag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Waggling.]
Definition: To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRAZY
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