waggle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: waggle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for waggle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waggle n causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: wag, waggle, shake] v move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail" Synonym(s): wag, waggle move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion Synonym(s): wamble, waggle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waggle \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waggle \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waggle \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.