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

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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

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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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