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单词 waggle
释义 wag·gle
I. \ˈwagəl, ˈwaig-\ verb
(waggled ; waggled ; waggling \-g(ə)liŋ\ ; waggles)
Etymology: freq. of wag (I)
transitive verb
1. : to move back and forth or up and down especially repeatedly and with a jerky or undulating movement : wag
 < a bird waggles his tail >
 < waggled his forefinger in the air >
 < the pilot waggled his wings as a signal — F.B.Colton >
 < we grown-ups waggle our heads when we greet a baby — Benjamin Spock >
 < clenched a big fist and waggled it experimentally — L.C.Douglas >
2. : to impart a waggle to (a golf club)
intransitive verb
1. : to move back and forth or up and down especially repeatedly and with a jerky or undulating movement : wag, wobble
 < boats were gently waggling at their moorings — Sylvia T. Warner >
 < prancing firmly, her flowered muslin bustle waggling as she went — F. Tennyson Jesse >
2. : to move with a pronounced swinging motion (as of the hips) : waddle
 < teaching a maid to waggle provocatively — New Yorker >
II. noun
(-s)
: an instance of waggling : a jerky motion back and forth or up and down : wobble
 < reminds them with a waggle of one gnarled finger — Fulton Oursler >
specifically : a preliminary swinging of a golf club head back and forth over the ball in preparing to start the stroke
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