waggle

UK: /ˈwæg^əl/ US: /ˈwægəl/ ,(wag′əl)

Inflections of 'waggle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

waggles

v 3rd person singular

waggling

v pres p

waggled

v past

waggled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

wag•gle /ˈwægəl/   v., -gled, -gling, n. 
v. 

1. to move up and down or from side to side: [~ + object]
   waggled his fingers.
   [no object]
   His fingers were waggling.

n. [countable]

2. a waggling motion.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

wag•gle  (wag′əl), v., -gled, -gling, n. 
v.i. 

1. to wobble or shake, esp. while in motion:
   The ball waggled slowly to a stop. The leaves of the tree waggled in the wind.

v.t. 

2. to move up and down or from side to side in a short, rapid manner;
   wag:
   to waggle one's head.
3. Sport [Golf.] to make a waggle with (a golf club).

n. 

4. a waggling motion.
5. Sport [Golf.] a swinging movement made with a golf club to and fro over the ball prior to a stroke.

• wag + -le 1585–95

wag′gling•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

waggle / ˈwæɡ^əl/ verb

1. to move or cause to move with a rapid shaking or wobbling motion

noun

1. a rapid shaking or wobbling motion

Etymology: 16th Century: frequentative of wag¹

ˈwaggly adjective