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.
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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.
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Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waggling
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In the video, backed by champagne synths and hopscotching snares, a tuxedoed Jaeychino strolls the beach in Margiela sneakers, his jacket flapping in the wind as seafoam washes ashore.
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Soaring birds fly without flapping wings, using rising air currents to uplift them.
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The soon-to-be 26-year-old left winger scored at the end of the first half on a breakaway, casually flicking the ball past Haitian goalkeeper Johny Placide.
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The Americans were less cohesive without Pulisic in the second half, but Reyna still added the finishing touch by gliding into the box and toe-flicking home his first World Cup goal.
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Bruce was next seen wrapped in towels on the boat, wagging his tail happily after being rescued.
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Carousel of Progress’ animatronic family — headed by John and Sarah — will remain, including Uncle Orville and Rover, the dog with the ever-wagging tail.
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Leon Stetson was allegedly twitching, so officers moved him away from Carrie Stetson and started to render medical aid.
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Durrell alternates between slapstick domestic high jinks, wanderings through the lush natural landscape, and increasingly ambitious investigations of biological life, from tracking twitching bacteria in pond water to the mating habits of insects.
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Fascinators — those bobbing bundles often of feathers, flowers and netting perched off-center of the wearer’s head — are banned here.
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Producers like Shungu, QThree, Mike Shabb, and Elsesser himself let their legato phrases repeat ad infinitum, gently bobbing like a dinghy in agitated waters.
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Turn to face the shore, tread water, and signal for help by calling out or waving your arms.
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This week, social media was rife with videos of fans from Argentina in Kansas City for the match against Algeria in high spirits, chanting and waving flags in places like Jack Stack Barbecue.
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In other words, avoid swishing seltzers in your mouth, drinking a lot of them or even sipping one throughout the day.
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The Oregon Zoo’s official TikTok account posted footage of a bear swishing around in a tub filled with ice and water, rolling on his back and kicking his feet before shaking water off.
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Water cooling is one of the solutions to manage this, and ensure that the compute, transmit and switching infrastructure does not overheat and fail.
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For food companies, switching to another supplier or type of protein isn’t a superficial switch.
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“Waggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waggling. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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