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wag·gle

(wăg′əl)

v. wag·gled, wag·gling, wag·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.

A wobbling motion.

[Middle English wagelen, frequentative of waggen; see wag¹.]

wag′gly adj.

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waggle

(ˈwæɡəl)

to move or cause to move with a rapid shaking or wobbling motion

a rapid shaking or wobbling motion

[C16: frequentative of wag¹]

ˈwagglingly adv

ˈwaggly adj

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wag•gle

(ˈwæg əl)

v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.i.

1. to wobble or shake, esp. while in motion.

v.t.

2. to move up and down or from side to side: to waggle one's head.

3. a waggling motion.

[1585–95; wag + -le]

waggle

Past participle: waggled
Gerund: waggling

Imperative
waggle
waggle

Present
I waggle
you waggle
he/she/it waggles
we waggle
you waggle
they waggle

Preterite
I waggled
you waggled
he/she/it waggled
we waggled
you waggled
they waggled

Present Continuous
I am waggling
you are waggling
he/she/it is waggling
we are waggling
you are waggling
they are waggling

Present Perfect
I have waggled
you have waggled
he/she/it has waggled
we have waggled
you have waggled
they have waggled

Past Continuous
I was waggling
you were waggling
he/she/it was waggling
we were waggling
you were waggling
they were waggling

Past Perfect
I had waggled
you had waggled
he/she/it had waggled
we had waggled
you had waggled
they had waggled

Future
I will waggle
you will waggle
he/she/it will waggle
we will waggle
you will waggle
they will waggle

Future Perfect
I will have waggled
you will have waggled
he/she/it will have waggled
we will have waggled
you will have waggled
they will have waggled

Future Continuous
I will be waggling
you will be waggling
he/she/it will be waggling
we will be waggling
you will be waggling
they will be waggling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been waggling
you have been waggling
he/she/it has been waggling
we have been waggling
you have been waggling
they have been waggling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been waggling
you will have been waggling
he/she/it will have been waggling
we will have been waggling
you will have been waggling
they will have been waggling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been waggling
you had been waggling
he/she/it had been waggling
we had been waggling
you had been waggling
they had been waggling

Conditional
I would waggle
you would waggle
he/she/it would waggle
we would waggle
you would waggle
they would waggle

Past Conditional
I would have waggled
you would have waggled
he/she/it would have waggled
we would have waggled
you would have waggled
they would have waggled

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Noun	1.	waggle - causing to move repeatedly from side to side wag, shake agitation - the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
Verb	1.	waggle - move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail" wag jiggle, joggle, wiggle - move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"
	2.	waggle - move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion wamble move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

waggle

verb wag, wiggle, wave, shake, flutter, wobble, oscillate He was waggling his toes in his socks.

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waggle

verb

1. To move to and fro vigorously and usually repeatedly:

switch, wag, wave.

2. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down:

beat, flap, flitter, flop, flutter, wave.

3. To move or proceed with short irregular motions up and down or from side to side:

squiggle, squirm, wiggle, worm, wriggle, writhe.

Translations

هَزَّهيَهُز، يَهْتَز

vippevippenvrikkevrikken

Wackeln

remuer

billegbillegés

dilla, vingsa sér, vaggarugg, rykkir, vagg

dondolare

kraipymaskraipytikrusčiojimaskrusčioti

kustēšanāskustētieskustināšanakustinātšūpošana

vrikk

kývať

salla masalla mak

摇动来回摇动

waggle

[ˈwægl]

A. N [of finger] → movimiento m; [of hips] → contoneo m, meneo m

B. VT [+ finger] → agitar; [+ hips] → contonear, menear; [+ tail] → sacudir, menear
he can waggle his ears → puede mover las orejas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

waggle

[ˈwæg^əl]

vt [+ finger, toes, head] → remuer

vi → remuer

waggle

vt → wackeln mit; tail → wedeln mit; (bird) → wippen mit; he waggled his loose tooth → er wackelte an dem lockeren Zahn

vi → wackeln; (tail) → wedeln; (of bird) → wippen

n with a waggle of her hips she left the stage → mit den Hüften wackelnd ging sie von der Bühne

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

waggle

[ˈwægl]

1. n with a waggle of her hips → ancheggiando
with a waggle of its tail → scodinzolando

2. vt (tail) → dimenare, agitare
to waggle one's hips → ancheggiare

3. vi → dimenarsi, agitarsi

waggle

(ˈwӕgl) verb

to (cause to) move from side to side. She waggled her hips as she walked down the street; His beard waggled as he ate.

noun

such a movement.

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Yet when they reached the church and were about to slip aside into their usual seats, a little beyond the font, where they could see the red-furred tails of the bellropes waggle and twist at ringing time, they were swept forward irresistibly, a Cloke on either flank (and yet they had not walked with the Clokes), upon the ever-retiring bosom of a black-gowned verger, who ushered them into a room of a pew at the head of the left aisle, under the pulpit.

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"Mumps one pound, that is what I have put down, but I daresay it will be more like thirty shillings -- don't speak -- measles one five, German measles half a guinea, makes two fifteen six -- don't waggle your finger -- whooping-cough, say fifteen shillings" -- and so on it went, and it added up differently each time; but at last Wendy just got through, with mumps reduced to twelve six, and the two kinds of measles treated as one.

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A honeybee waggles its abdomen and whirs its wings while the rest of the hive swarms around.

They got rhythm!

To advertize a nest site, a dancing bee runs figure eight patterns and waggles back and forth while she moves across the middle portion.

Honey Bees Think Like Complex Brains

When a honey bee finds a good source of nectar, she returns to the hive and does an amazing routine called the "waggle dance." The bee runs around in a tight figure eight dance, and waggles its abdomen.

Busy bees

One gazed hypnotised at Herd's wonderful waggles over the ball, seven per stroke.

When Casper called in

9 Jarvis Cocker waggles his bum at Michael Jackson at the Brits (1996)

FREEZE FAME; SHARON STONE 'FLASH' IS TOP OF THE STOPS LIST

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