Thesaurus results for WAGGLING

waggling

verb

present participle of waggle

as in flapping

to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions the rabbit waggled its ears and hopped away

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Recent Examples of waggling 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 And thanks to social media videos of their head-tilting, leg waggling antics, these web-slingers are in high demand. — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025

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Maybe the manager didn’t feel like flapping their arms to dry them, seeing as how the cookline handwash sink didn’t have paper towels or a blower.

— David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Generally, to be considered autistic, a person must have exhibited social difficulties and repetitive behaviors—such as hand-flapping and spinning—from before the age of 5.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of flapping

Verb

Another flash of brilliance came against St Louis City last season, another sensational assist, this one coming from flicking the ball through a defender with a sort of dynamic, Cruyff turn/backheel hybrid move, through to Matheus Nascimento.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 31 July 2026
His violent men — Scott’s sinister dad and Melton’s sad one — light cigarettes by flicking matches on their ears and teeth.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of flicking

Verb

Sunday, wagging its tail and barking once, as Schmidt came out to meet the officer, Brandon Foster-Todd, the officer's body camera shows.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2026
Though the Colonel had many enemies, the violence of his death shocks the sleepy village and starts the tongues of the local gossips wagging.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026

Definition of wagging

Verb

Rapp and his crewmate, Suzanne Driscoll, hoisted a lobster trap marked by a bobbing buoy from the Casco Bay.

— Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
And that kind of thing didn’t happen in Mystic, a touristy escape from New York City complete with bobbing boats and sea lions doing tricks at the aquarium.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026

Definition of bobbing

Verb

With 50 games to go after the deadline, the Tigers insist that trading one of the best pitchers on the planet plus another key part of their top-notch rotation does not constitute waving the white flag.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
Fully selling would be waving the white flag and setting up way too much work in the winter.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of waving

Verb

Rinse the blueberries under cold running water, gently swishing them around with your hands to ensure all the berries are exposed to water.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
The Western Ghats mountains tumble down the west coast of India like a breaking wave, swishing through six states and across nearly 1,000 miles.

— Susan D'Arcy, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026

Definition of swishing

Verb

And while there’s fun to be had with the premise of the three characters constantly and accidentally switching places — most often in the middle of a space fight) — the meandering script unfortunately tries to do too much.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Training camp for the Kansas City Chiefs began on July 29, and even with the program only days in, the 36-year-old tight end felt like switching up his appearance with changes to his facial hair.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

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