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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Everyone laughed when she stuck out her foot and theatrically waggled it, as if showing off a designer stiletto.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
Brown waggled his head: he’d think about it.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019
“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
I waggled my eyebrows as I’d seen Groucho Marx do.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2017
She raised one hand and waggled her fingers at the audience.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
