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waggle

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verb/ˈwaɡəl/
  1. 1

    To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.transitive

    • The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions.
    • Oscar turned to someone who wasn't there and waggled his head. "Hoo, boy," he said.
  2. 2

    To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.transitive

  3. 3

    To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.intransitive

    • I know you by the waggling of your head.
    • Why do you go Nodding and Waggling so like a Fool, as if you were Hipshot? says the Goose to her Gosselin.
noun/ˈwaɡəl/
  1. 1

    An instance of waggling.

  2. 2

    A wobbling motion.

    • Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.
  3. 3

    The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.

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