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Definition of waggle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: frequentative of the verb wag.
See waggle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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