waggle
verb/ˈwæɡl/
/ˈwæɡl/
[transitive, intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they waggle | /ˈwæɡl/ /ˈwæɡl/ |
| he / she / it waggles | /ˈwæɡlz/ /ˈwæɡlz/ |
| past simple waggled | /ˈwæɡld/ /ˈwæɡld/ |
| past participle waggled | /ˈwæɡld/ /ˈwæɡld/ |
| -ing form waggling | /ˈwæɡlɪŋ/ /ˈwæɡlɪŋ/ |
- waggle (something) to make something move with short movements from side to side or up and down; to move in this way
- Can you waggle your ears?
Extra Examples- His arm waggled, as if he were groping for something.
- She waggled her finger at him.
- She waggled the toy car beneath the boy's nose.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWaggle is used with these nouns as the object:- finger
Word Originlate 16th cent.: frequentative of the verb wag.
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