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Examples of waggle in a Sentence
He can waggle his ears.
He can make his ears waggle.
Recent Examples of waggle from the Web
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Heavily lotioned breasts swiveled in all directions like turret guns on a tank, while here and there penises wiggled, waggled, and flopped, flashing in the Mexican sunlight like perch in a trawler's net.
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A flock of young men in gingham hailed from The American Conservative; hip-looking Manhattanites slouched in their seats; Orthodox priests, wearing dark robes and heavy crosses, waggled their beards in groups.
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For instance, a study published last fall in PLOS Biology explored the reason that big brown bats waggle their heads like puppy dogs and curl the tips of their ears down.
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A three-year-old Glen of Imaal terrier named Emmett sat on his hindquarters and waggled his paws in the air for a treat.
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The biggest action star in the world, Dwayne Johnson, known as the Rock, got his start as an eyebrow-waggling wrestler.
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Origin and Etymology of waggle
frequentative of 1wag
waggle
Definition of waggle
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
a quick waggle of her head to indicate “no”
Recent Examples of waggle from the Web
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Beset by these seemingly involuntary waggles, as they were known, Garcia appeared fussy and nervous.
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Did Groucho’s eyebrow waggles and those brothers working in insane sync influence my dim view of Carmelo Anthony’s tendency to play isolation hoops?
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First Known Use of waggle
circa 1866
WAGGLE Defined for English Language Learners
waggle
playDefinition of waggle for English Language Learners
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: to move up and down or from side to side repeatedly
WAGGLE Defined for Kids
waggle
playDefinition of waggle for Students
waggled
;waggling
: to move backward and forward, from side to side, or up and down
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