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
Examples of waggle in a Sentence
He can waggle his ears.
He can make his ears waggle.
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When Kendal Sager lifts the top of her beehive, tens of thousands of bees waggle across the honeycomb — their cells filled with bright yellow, orange and pink pollen collected from flowers in Sager's neighborhood.
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 20 May 2026
When LaBeija, as Gus the Theatre Cat, finally strolled onstage to revisit his glory days, waggling his long, polished claws, a younger Gus (Jonathan Burke) appeared, like a mirror dancing toward him.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
Pointing at his own eyes, pointing at someone else’s eyes, whipping it left, whipping it right, waggling it to his lips.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
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
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 20 May 2026
When LaBeija, as Gus the Theatre Cat, finally strolled onstage to revisit his glory days, waggling his long, polished claws, a younger Gus (Jonathan Burke) appeared, like a mirror dancing toward him.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
Pointing at his own eyes, pointing at someone else’s eyes, whipping it left, whipping it right, waggling it to his lips.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
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
See All Example Sentences for waggle
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“Waggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waggle. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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