Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waggle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Waggle \Wag"gle\, v. i. [Freq. of wag; cf. D. waggelen, G.
wackeln.]
To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a
wagging motion; to waddle.
Why do you go nodding and waggling so? --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Waggle \Wag"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Waggling}.]
To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird
waggles his tail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Waggle \Wag"gle\, n.
A waggling or wagging; specif. (Golf), the preliminary
swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the
line of the proposed stroke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
waggle
n : causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: {wag}, {shake}]
v 1: move from side to side, as of fingers and tails; "The happy
dog wagged his tail" [syn: {wag}]
2: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion [syn: {wamble},
{reel}]
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