waggle

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:19:33

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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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