wigwag

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
2. Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
3. Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
4. Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
5. Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
6. Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
7. (US) Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
8. Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
9. (US, historical) A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro.

Verb

1. To move gently in one direction and then another; to wig or wiggle, to wag or waggle.
2. An act of wigwagging.
3. To oscillate between two states.
4. (US, historical) To send a signal by waving a flag to and fro.

Adv

With a wigwagging or to-and-fro motion.

Sinònims

wag

shake

🫨

quake

waggle

wave

👋

wiggle

waddle

bob

wobble

jar

🫙

jiggle

quiver

shimmy

wabble

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwɪɡwaɡ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From wig (“to wag, waggle”) + wag (“to swing”). The noun is derived from the verb.