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单词 waggle
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wagglen.

Brit. /ˈwaɡl/, U.S. /ˈwæɡ(ə)l/
Etymology: < waggle v.
1. The action or an act of waggling; spec. in Golf (see quot. 1897).
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > wagging > rapidly
wagglinga1586
waggle1885
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > movements
swing-back1862
waggle1885
address1887
downswing1891
follow-through1891
overswing1902
soling1909
upswing1922
takeaway1957
1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 199 With a friendly waggle of the hand.
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 464 [article Golf] In taking aim or addressing the ball, it is the almost invariable practice to pass or flourish the club head a few times backwards and forwards over the top of the ball in the direction of the proposed stroke. This is called the ‘waggle’.
2. waggle dance n. [translating German schwänzeltanz (K. von Frisch 1923, in Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. Allgemeine Zool. XL. 72)] a movement performed by honey-bees at their hive or nest, believed to indicate to other bees the site of a source of food. Cf. wagging dance n. at wagging n. Compounds.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Apidae (honey-bee) > waggle dance
wag-tail dance1949
wagging dance1950
waggle dance1952
1952 C. R. Ribbands Behaviour & Social Life of Bees xix. 153 The characteristic of the ‘round dance’ is that the bee performs a complete circle, whereas the ‘waggle dance’ is a figure-of-eight.
1961 Guardian 15 Sept. 6/6 The waggle dance of the hive bee can convey precise indications as to distance and direction of a food source.
1978 Sci. Amer. July 80/3 By means of the ‘waggle dance’ elucidated by von Frisch the bees inform their hive mates of this source of food.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wagglev.

Brit. /ˈwaɡl/, U.S. /ˈwæɡ(ə)l/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s wagle, 1800s Scottish weegle, waigle.
Etymology: A frequentative of wag v.; not found before the last decade of the 16th cent., but possibly much older. Equivalent formations in Continental Germanic are West Frisian waggelje to totter, Dutch waggelen to stagger (early modern Flemish waeghelen , wagghelen ; also transitive, to shake); (Middle) Low German waggeln , German wackeln to stagger, totter (whence probably Swedish vakla , Danish vakle ); Norwegian, Swedish vagla reflexive, to rock, sway. Compare Middle English wagre wagger v.; also wiggle v., wiggle-waggle v.
1. transitive.
a. To move (anything held or fixed at one end) to and fro with short quick motions, or with a rapid undulation; esp. to shake (any movable part of the body). In sports or games often (colloquial or humorous), to wield or manipulate (a bat, oar, etc.).
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (transitive)] > wag > rapidly
waggle1594
woggle1918
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F2v A third [man] wauerd and wagled his head, like a proud horse playing with his bridle.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 27 If to rigorouslye we waggle the tooth vp or downe.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 Our moderne phisitions, that to any sicke languishers if they be able to waggle their chaps, propound veale for one of the highest nourishers.
1823 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. 316 Thou, Pincher, farewell too! in vain Dost thou waggle thine innocent tail!
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 17 And, as she said, She weeglit her wing-wavin' shoon.
1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel (1861) iv. 165 She hinted, she sighed, she waggled her head at me.
1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold viii The swarms of geese and milk-white ducks..would step out to the bank and waggle their tails with satisfaction.
1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque 91 It is thought to be a good taunt..when an old gentleman waggles his head and says: ‘Ah, so I thought when I was your age.’
b. absol. Chiefly in Golf (cf. waggle n. 1): To swing the club-head to and fro over the ball in the line of the intended stroke.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > address the ball
address1867
waggle1897
1897 Outing Aug. 423/1 On the other hand, another player, probably quite as good,..Mr. Horace Hutchinson, waggles, and waggles, as he addresses his ball, before each shot.
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c. U.S. slang. To get the better of, overcome.In recent Dictionaries.
d. To indicate by waggling the head.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [verb (transitive)] > gesture with head > express by head gesture
nod1713
waggle1852
1852 C. Reade Peg Woffington xiii. 198 They all nodded and waggled assent.
e. Aeronautics. To rock (the wings of an aircraft in flight) rapidly from side to side, usually to convey a signal.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > rock wings
waggle1918
1918 J. M. Grider Diary 18 June in War Birds (1927) 200 Springs waggled his wings and pointed and we waggled back.
1950 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Nov. 2/1 The plane waggled its wings in salute to the troops.
1972 Daily Express 29 June 1/1 The Nimrod [aircraft] then waggled its wings and started back.
2. intransitive.
a. With adverbs or adverbial expressions denoting motion: To shake or wobble while in motion; to walk or move shakily; to waddle.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)]
hobblec1330
wave1406
stamperc1450
fleet15..
titubate1540
wamble1589
tilt1594
vacillate1598
waggle1611
wimple1819
wangle1820
waver1841
lurch1851
woggle1871
teeter1904
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with short swaying steps
waddle1597
waggle1611
widdle-waddle1662
widdle?1760
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Triballer, to wagle, or dangle vp and downe; to goe dingle dangle, wig wag.
1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe v. v. 42 Apt they are not to moue many wayes, either vpward or downeward, but onely to waggle to and fro within a narrow compasse.
1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe x. xxiv. 3080 Like to a Pair of Scales which never came to any Permanent Stay or constant Settling upon the right Center, but have one while wagled this way, another while that way.
1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia I. v. 3 Nor that the crow waggling along the shore Diues downe, and seemes t' anticipate a showre.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxxii. 194 Why do you go Nodding, and Waggling so like a Fool, as if you were Hipshot? says the Goose to her Gosselin.
1816 G. Colman Eccentricities Edinb. 86 A well-fed Maggot..In some deep fruit-plate heaves, from snout to end, And works, and slips, and writhes, and waggles to ascend.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 82 This said, the host wi' richt guid will Begoud to waigle down the hill.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story iii The tall, red, lurid candlewick waggling down, the flame flickering pale upon Miss Caroline's pale face.
1865 M. Eyre Lady's Walks South of France xiii. 160 The little lizards..waggled off as fast as they could.
1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign i. 14 The men dance in a circle, stamping the time; the women waggle round and round the circle, outside it.
b. Of things held or fixed at one end: To move backwards and forwards with short quick motions, or with a rapid undulatory movement.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > wag > rapidly
woggle1648
waggle1706
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Waggle, to joggle, or move up and down, to be always in Motion.
1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 53 Harsh creek'd the rope in its descent, And waggling down the Bucket went.
1840 R. H. Barham Jackdaw of Rheims in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 221 His tail waggled more Even than before; But no longer it wagged with an impudent air.
1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised v. 171 When the flowers of this latter species were blown by a breath of wind, the tongue-like labellums all waggled about in a very odd manner.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. v. 129 ‘Tut, tut!’ he replied, shaking his great head till his cheeks waggled.

Derivatives

ˈwaggling n. and adj.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > wagging > rapidly
wagglinga1586
waggle1885
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective] > wagging > rapidly
wagglinga1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iv. sig. Q2 A Hearne..getting vp on his wagling winges with paine.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 105 I knowe you by the wagling of your head. View more context for this quotation
1907 Westm. Gaz. 20 Aug. 3/2 That 3lb. bat of his must take a bit of ‘waggling’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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