waggle

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
2. To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
3. 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.

Concepten

wiebelen

waggelen

wippen

Synoniemen

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwaɡəl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: 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.