waggle

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English wagelen (attested in wagelyng), possibly a borrowing of Middle Low German wagelen; equivalent to wag +‎ -le (“(frequentative)”). Compare continental equivalents Middle High German wacken ( > Danish vakle, German wackeln), Swedish vagla, West Frisian waggelje, Low German wackeln, Dutch waggelen. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwaɡəl/ Rhymes: -æɡəl Homophone: waggel === Verb === waggle (third-person singular simple present waggles, present participle waggling, simple past and past participle waggled) (transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble. (transitive, of the eyebrows) To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness. (intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === waggle (plural waggles) An instance of waggling. A wobbling motion. (golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke. === Anagrams === waggel