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shoogle

/ ˈʃʊɡəl /

verb

  1. to shake, sway, or rock back and forth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a rocking motion; shake
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈshoogly, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shoogle1

from dialectal shog, shug; apparently related to German schaukeln to shake

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