waggle

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
2. (transitive) To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
3. (intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.

Noun

1. An instance of waggling.
2. A wobbling motion.
3. The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.

Concepts

agiter

remuer

frétiller

branler

secouer

Synonymes

wag

shake

🫨

wave

👋

wiggle

wobble

swing

sway

brandish

shimmy

quake

wigwag

wamble

jiggle

wobbling

wriggle

pendulate

pendulum motion

bob up and down

oscillating movement

jigging motion

swing motion

bob

nodding action

bounce

duck

🦆

flourish

hop

jar

🫙

oscillate

quiver

shiver

squirm

swinging

wabble

waddle

Traductions

wackeln

dimenare

wedeln

menear

agitar

meneo

wiebelen

sallamak

remenar

هزّ

bellugar-se

agitar-se

sacudir

moure

sallanmak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwaɡəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wagelen

In summary

From Middle English wagelen (attested in wagelyng), possibly a borrowing of Middle Low German wagelen; equivalent to wag + -le (“(frequentative)”). Compare continental equivalents Middle High German wacken ( > Danish vakle, German wackeln), Swedish vagla, West Frisian waggelje, Low German wackeln, Dutch waggelen.