| 单词 | wigglewaggle |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : wiggle-wagglev. > as lemmaswiggle-waggle 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. wiggle-waggle wiggle-waggle adj. that ‘wiggle-waggles’; figurative vacillating. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective] > wagging > lightly wiggling1611 wiggle-waggle1778 wiggle1888 wiggly-woggly1903 1778 F. Burney Let. Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 148 Dr. Johnson. Poll is a stupid slut;..she was wiggle waggle,—& I could never persuade her to be categorical. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Wiggle-waggle, quivering, vibrating. 1887 Good Words 28 673 Wiggle-waggle dress-improvers. < see also as lemmas |
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