waggled
waggled is the simple past and past participle of waggle.
Meaning of waggle
Verb
waggle (third-person singular simple present waggles, present participle waggling, simple past and past participle waggled)
- To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
- The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
- To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
- To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
- I know you by the waggling of your head.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
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