noun
Meaning 1
An instance of waggling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
waggle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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wăg′əl
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UK: /ˈwaɡəl/
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rhymes with -æɡəl
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homophone: waggel
noun
Meaning 2
A wobbling motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 4
To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 7
causing to move repeatedly from side to side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wag, shake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agitation
verb
Meaning 8
move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wamble
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
verb
Meaning 9
move from side to side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The happy dog wagged his tail
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wag
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jiggle, joggle, wiggle
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: поклащам (poklaštam) — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Czech: vrtět — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Czech: zavrtět — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Czech: kmitat — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Czech: zakmitat — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Czech: mávat — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Czech: zamávat — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Czech: kvedlat — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Czech: zakvedlat — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- French: frétiller — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- German: wackeln — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- German: wedeln — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Japanese: 振る (furu) — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Japanese: 動かす (ugokasu) — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Japanese: ぐらぐら動かす (guragura ugokasu) — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Māori: mānānana — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Māori: tīonioni — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Māori: pīonioni — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Māori: nenei — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Portuguese: agitar — move with short, quick motions; wobble
- Portuguese: sacudir — move with short, quick motions; wobble