Synonyms for waggle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wag-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwæg əl |
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Définition of waggle
Origin :- mid-15c., frequentative of wag (v.). Cf. Dutch waggelen "to waggle," Old High German wagon "to move, shake," German wackeln "to totter." Related: Waggled; waggling.
- verb shake
- For instance, that night, all he did was to waggle his finger at me.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- At this rare praise he would straighten his shoulders and waggle his head.
- Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
- And yet, however much it may waggle, a stone does fall to earth if you drop it.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- I saw Wiggle just now in the dressing-room, talking to Waggle, his inseparable.
- Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Bacchus is the divinity to whom Waggle devotes his especial worship.
- Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Judge Priest's head began to waggle with little sidewise motions.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
- I am not aware that anybody has yet explained the reason for the waggle.
- Extract from : « The Soul of Golf » by Percy Adolphus Vaile
- Speaking of the waggle, Mr. Travis is delightfully indefinite.
- Extract from : « The Soul of Golf » by Percy Adolphus Vaile
- She did not have to waggle it much before Miss Minnie took notice of her.
- Extract from : « Carolyn of the Corners » by Ruth Belmore Endicott
- Is it a crotchet or a quaver that has a waggle on the end of it?
- Extract from : « I'll Leave It To You » by Noel Coward
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