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Meaning of WAGGLE

Pronunciation:  'wagul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  causing to move repeatedly from side to side
  2. [v]  move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
  3. [v]  move from side to side, as of fingers and tails; "The happy dog wagged his tail"
 
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 Synonyms: reel, shake, wag, wag, wamble
 
 See Also: agitation, jiggle, joggle, move, wiggle

 

 

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 Definition: 

Waggle
A young girl finds a new friend when her father brings home an enthusiastic and very waggly young puppy. Colorful collage illustrations accompany the text.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \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.
    
  3. \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.
    
 

 

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