waggle
verb (used without object)
to wobble or shake, especially while in motion.
waggled
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past participleof waggle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof waggle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
waggleverb (used without object)to wobble or shake, especially while in motion.
Example Sentences
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Millions of people watched the awards shows where Williams waggled his hips at Tom Jones, or challenged Oasis’ Liam Gallagher to a fist fight — moments that have been absorbed into pop culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
These they waggled at me in person one morning after rainstorms flooded the subways of Manhattan, in an enormous penthouse apartment with views of the Hudson River — and, Dixie noted, dramatic lightning strikes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
“Respect the axe. Don’t swing it everywhere. Don’t just throw it around all willy-nilly,” Meehan-Berg said, as I waggled the axe about.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2018
He waggled his eyebrows à la Groucho, and signed off the call.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
She looked down and waggled a claw, as if trying to make sense of the sensation.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
