| 单词 | wiggle-woggle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswiggle-woggle wiggle-waggle n. (a) the act of ‘wiggle-waggling’; also, a children's game in which the players waggle their thumbs at a word of command; (b) (also wiggle-woggle) = cakewalk n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > wagging > lightly wiggling1398 wiggle-waggle1825 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > other rides wiggle-waggle1825 helter-skelter lighthouse1906 cakewalk1908 flip-flap1908 ghost train1931 tunnel of love1954 log flume1963 razzle1969 flume1978 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > games played with fingers handy-dandy1575 nievie-nievie-nick-nackc1585 wiggle-waggle1825 pat-a-cake1838 patty-cake1889 janken1894 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Wiggle-waggle, a tremulous undulating motion. 1895 Outing 26 42/2 Brisk holding up of fingers and turning down of thumbs, like the children's game of ‘wiggle-waggle’. 1910 Penny Guide Japan-British Exhib. 25 Fun on the Wiggle Waggle. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot iii. xxi. 256 The establishment of the White City at Shepherd's Bush, with the Franco-British Exhibition..and flip-flaps, switchbacks, wiggle-woggles, and scenic railways. 1938 ‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia xii. 254 A dreadful thing called the Wiggle-Woggle at the White City Exhibition. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。