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waggle |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Waggle \Wag"gle\, v. i. [Freq. of wag; cf D. waggelen G. wackeln.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Waggle \Wag"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waggled}; p. pr & vb n. {Waggling}.] To move frequently one way and the other to wag; as a bird waggles his tail. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Waggle \Wag"gle\, n. A waggling or wagging; specif. (Golf), the preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: waggle n : causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: {wag}, {shake}] v 1: move from side to side as of fingers and tails; "The happy dog wagged his tail" [syn: {wag}] 2: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion [syn: {wamble}, {reel}]
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