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Meanings of waggle in English

Portuguese
agitação
Catalan
sotragueig

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side.

        agitação
        Portuguese
        agitar
        Catalan
        moure
        Spanish
        menear

        Move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion.

              agitar
              Usage of waggle in English
              1
              The first is to waggle your eyes and see what you get.
              If I May
              2
              I'm sure the metronome would waggle in perfect unison with your tempo.
              Cow-Country
              3
              It's up around the hill, with a safe man to waggle it.
              The Taming of Red Butte Western
              4
              Dat why I waggle my head at Zenas to say nuffin' back.
              O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
              5
              After buzzing me in, she motioned me over with a finger waggle.
              Bones of the Lost
              6
              It did not even waggle its wings, but went on, south.
              Alas, Babylon
              7
              They seemed to waggle slightly as a gentle current touched them.
              Summer of Night
              8
              It's like a waggle version of Guitar Hero, with the focus on battling.
              Wired
              9
              So, with a little waggle of her own fingers, she indicated her agreement.
              Crown of Slaves
              10
              Hair on the corpse's arms moved and fingers seemed to waggle.
              Summer of Night
              11
              All you can do is waggle with a club an' fozzle the ball.'
              The Light of the Western Stars
              12
              Different species appear to have their own distinct "dialects" of waggle dance.
              BBC
              13
              Henceforth, I shall not even waggle my ears save by your lordship's lordly leave.
              A Dance with Dragons
              14
              We pull a long face, waggle a grave head, and chuckle within our waistcoats.
              Roundabout Papers
              15
              One of the honey bees' forms of communication is the "waggle dance."
              Wired
              16
              I waggle my fingers at him, and he grins back.
              True Lies
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              Translations for waggle
              Spanish
              menear
              Waggle through the time