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▪ I. ˈwaggle, n.
[f. waggle v.]
1. The action or an act of waggling; spec. in Golf (see quot. 1897).
1885R. L. & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 199 With a friendly waggle of the hand. 1897Encycl. Sport I. 464 (Golf) In taking aim or addressing the ball, it is the almost invariable practice to pass or flourish the club head a few times backwards and forwards over the top of the ball in the direction of the proposed stroke. This is called the ‘waggle’.
2. waggle dance [tr. G. schwänzeltanz (K. von Frisch 1923, in Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. Allgemeine Zool. XL. 72)], a movement performed by honey-bees at their hive or nest, believed to indicate to other bees the site of a source of food. Cf. wagging dance s.v. wagging vbl. n. 2.
1952[see round a. 5 a]. 1961Guardian 15 Sept. 6/6 The waggle dance of the hive bee can convey precise indications as to distance and direction of a food source. 1978Sci. Amer. July 80/3 By means of the ‘waggle dance’ elucidated by von Frisch the bees inform their hive mates of this source of food.
▪ II. waggle, v.|ˈwæg(ə)l|
Also 6–7 wagle, 9 Sc. weegle, waigle.
[A frequentative of wag v.; not found before the last decade of the 16th c., but possibly much older. Equivalent formations in Continental Teut. are WFris. waggelje to totter, Du. waggelen to stagger (early mod.Flem. waeghelen, wagghelen; also trans. to shake); (M)LG. waggeln, G. wackeln to stagger, totter (whence prob. Sw. vakla, Da. vakle); Norw., Sw. vagla refl. to rock, sway. Cf. ME. wagre wagger v.; also wiggle, wiggle-waggle vbs.]
1. trans.
a. To move (anything held or fixed at one end) to and fro with short quick motions, or with a rapid undulation; esp. to shake (any movable part of the body). In sports or games often (colloq. or humorous), to wield or manipulate (a bat, oar, etc.).
1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. E 2 b, A third [man] wauerd & wagled his head, like a proud horse playing with his bridle. 1599― Lenten Stuffe 37 Our moderne phisitions, that to any sicke languishers if they be able to waggle their chaps, propound veale for one of the highest nourishers. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 27 If to rigorouslye we waggle the tooth vp or downe. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 17 And, as she said, She weeglit her wing-wavin' shoon. 1823in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. 316 Thou, Pincher, farewell too! in vain Dost thou waggle thine innocent tail! 1860Thackeray Lovel iv. (1861) 165 She hinted, she sighed, she waggled her head at me. 1871C. Gibbon Lack of Gold viii, The swarms of geese and milk-white ducks..would step out to the bank and waggle their tails with satisfaction. 1881Stevenson Virg. Puerisque (1895) 98 When the old man waggles his head and says, ‘Ah, so I thought when I was your age,’ he has proved the youth's case.
b. absol. Chiefly in Golf (cf. waggle n.): To swing the club-head to and fro over the ball in the line of the intended stroke.
1897Outing Aug. 423/1 On the other hand, another player, probably quite as good,..Mr. Horace Hutchinson, waggles, and waggles, as he addresses his ball, before each shot.
c. U.S. slang. To get the better of, overcome.
In recent Dictionaries.
d. nonce-use. To indicate by waggling the head.
1852Reade Peg Woff. xiii. 198 They all nodded and waggled assent.
e. Aeronaut. To rock (the wings of an aircraft in flight) rapidly from side to side, usu. to convey a signal.
1918J. M. Grider Diary 18 June in War Birds (1927) 200 Springs waggled his wings and pointed and we waggled back. 1950Sun (Baltimore) 25 Nov. 2/1 The plane waggled its wings in salute to the troops. 1972Daily Express 29 June 1/1 The Nimrod [aircraft] then waggled its wings and started back.
2. intr.
a. With advs. or advb. expressions denoting motion: To shake or wobble while in motion; to walk or move shakily; to waddle.
1611Cotgr., Triballer, to wagle, or dangle vp and downe; to goe dingle dangle, wig wag. 1625Jackson Creed v. v. 42 Apt they are not to moue many wayes, either vpward or downeward, but onely to waggle to and fro within a narrow compasse. Ibid. x. xxiv. 3080 Like to a Pair of Scales which never came to any Permanent Stay or constant Settling upon the right Center, but have one while wagled this way, another while that way. 1627May Lucan v. I. 3, Nor that the crow waggling along the shore Diues downe, and seemes t' anticipate a showre. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables ccii. 194 Why do you go Nodding, and Waggling so like a Fool, as if you were Hipshot? says the Goose to her Gosselin. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 82 This said, the host wi' richt guid will Begoud to waigle down the hill. c1820Colman Broad Grins etc. (1872) 313 A well-fed maggot..In some deep fruit-plate heaves, from snout to end, And works, and slips, and writhes, and waggles to ascend. 1840Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story iii, The tall, red, lurid candlewick waggling down, the flame flickering pale upon Miss Caroline's pale face. 1864M. Eyre Lady's Walks S. France xiii. (1865) 160 The little lizards..waggled off as fast as they could. 1896Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign i, The men dance in a circle, stamping the time; the women waggle round and round the circle, outside it.
b. Of things held or fixed at one end: To move backwards and forwards with short quick motions, or with a rapid undulatory movement.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), To Waggle, to joggle, or move up and down, to be always in Motion. c1820Colman Broad Grins etc. (1872) 162 Harsh creaked the rope in its descent, And waggling down the bucket went. 1837Barham Ingol. Leg., Jackdaw Rheims 138 His tail waggled more Even than before; But no longer it wagged with an impudent air. 1862Darwin Orchids v. 171 When the flowers of this latter species were blown by a breath of wind, the tongue-like labellums all waggled about in a very odd manner. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. Fleet I. 129 ‘Tut, tut,’ he replied, shaking his great head till his cheeks waggled.
Hence ˈwaggling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. iv. (1912) 167 A Hearne..getting up on his wagling winges with paine. 1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. i. 117, I know you by the wagling of your head. 1907Westm. Gaz. 20 Aug. 3/2 That 3lb. bat of his must take a bit of ‘waggling’.
▪ III. waggle
variant of wagel. |