waggle
/ˈwaɡ(ə)l
/verb
1Move or cause to move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down: [no object]: his arm waggled [with object]: Mary waggled a glass at them...
- The dog sniffed at Raider's shoes and then pawed at AJ's legs, asking to be picked up, short little tail waggling happily.
- His thin arms waggled around in the air balancing himself on on his stool as he laughed with conviction at everything.
- Rowing cannot be a sport, as it involves sitting down (and, to be fair, waggling your arms a bit).
Synonyms
wag, shake, wiggle, wobble, wave, quiver, jerk, twitch, flutter, jiggle, joggle, bobble, brandish, flourish, flail about
1.1 [with object] Swing (a golf club) loosely to and fro over the ball before playing a shot: waggle the club and set it down in your normal address position...
- Over the ball, I like to stay in motion, by waggling the club and gently rocking from foot to foot.
- For example, shuffle your feet, waggle the club slowly twice, look at the target once and then go.
- He took out his wedge, and after waggling it for a minute, he puts it back into the bag and pulls out a 5-iron.
noun
An act of waggling.He went through the same routine, the same wiggles and waggles that he did on the golf course....
- Rummaging through his fridge, he pulled out a bottle of champagne and waved it at her with a waggle of his eyebrows.
- A good cane barbel rod feels really quite stiff, and when given a waggle it stops moving around very quickly.
Origin
Late 16th century: frequentative of wag1.
Rhymes
- character sketching
- character state
- character string
- character structure
- character witness
- charactery
- charade
- charango
- charas
- charbroil
- charcoal
- charcoal biscuit
- charcoal burner
- charcoal filter
- charcoal gray
- charcoal grey
- Charcot, Jean-Martin
- charcuterie
- chard
- Chardonnay
- Chardonnay socialist
- charedization
- charentais
- charentais melon
- Charente