waggled; waggling
ˈwa-g(ə-)liŋ 
: to reel, sway, or move from side to side : wag
: to move frequently one way and the other : wag
1
: an instance of waggling : a jerky motion back and forth or up and down
2
: a preliminary swinging of a golf club head back and forth over the ball before the swing
Examples of waggle in a Sentence
Verb
He can waggle his ears.
He can make his ears waggle.
Noun
a quick waggle of her head to indicate “no”
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Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
While the Wii’s motion controls were fun, not every player wanted to get up and waggle, and not every developer wanted to build their game around that.
—New Atlas, 2 Apr. 2025
Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
In their earliest dances, the bees that had no guidance performed dances with more mistakes in their direction angles and in the distance encoding communicated by the vertical waggle run.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
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Verb
The crimson tips of giant tube worms waggled in the current, tangling around clusters of mussels.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
While the Wii’s motion controls were fun, not every player wanted to get up and waggle, and not every developer wanted to build their game around that.
—New Atlas, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
Decoding Bees' 'Waggle Dancing' The research describes a digital method, developed by the entomologists working in collaboration with engineers, that doesn't involve time-consuming direct observations and decoding of waggle dancing by a team of entomologists.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
In their earliest dances, the bees that had no guidance performed dances with more mistakes in their direction angles and in the distance encoding communicated by the vertical waggle run.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Waggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waggle. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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