WAGGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waggle mean? 

• WAGGLE (noun)
  The noun WAGGLE has 1 sense:

1. causing to move repeatedly from side to side

  Familiarity information: WAGGLE used as a noun is very rare.

• WAGGLE (verb)
  The verb WAGGLE has 2 senses:

1. move from side to side

2. move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

  Familiarity information: WAGGLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAGGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

shake; wag; waggle

Hypernyms ("waggle" is a kind of...):

agitation (the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously))

Derivation:

waggle (move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion)

waggle (move from side to side)

• WAGGLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they waggle    ... he / she / it waggles   
Past simple: waggled   
Past participle: waggled   
-ing form: waggling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move from side to side

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

wag; waggle

Context example:

The happy dog wagged his tail

Hypernyms (to "waggle" is one way to...):

jiggle; joggle; wiggle (move to and fro)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

waggle (causing to move repeatedly from side to side)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

waggle; wamble

Hypernyms (to "waggle" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

waggle (causing to move repeatedly from side to side)

 Context examples 

As he ran he jerked his hands up and down, waggled his head, and writhed his face into the most extraordinary contortions.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)