wraggle

/ˈɹæɡ.əl/

wraggle verb: to wag about with a wiggling motion.

Verb (1)

wraggle (third-person singular simple present wraggles, present participle wraggling, simple past and past participle wraggled)

To wag about with a wiggling motion.
- I going, he followed, and following fingered me, just as your worship does now; but I struggled and straggled, and wriggled and wraggled, and at last cried vale, valete, as I do now, with this fragment Of a rhyme,1885, Thomas Middleton, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of Thomas Middleton
- We must not fall into the spell of hubris and then justify our cimes and double standards while wraggling our fingers at those we disagree with for doing the same thing.2007, Michael Hall, Wake up the White Rose, page 15

wraggle (third-person singular simple present wraggles, present participle wraggling, simple past and past participle wraggled)

To noisily try to convince others.
- "The crisis of Olympia's destiny will come and pass," Stevens fretted, "and the die be cast against her while her people are wraggling over... 'bonds.'"2002, Robert E. Ficken, Washington Territory, page 113
- 'The business of water transportation knows no haggling and wraggling', said the boatman blatantly.2002, Ngoran Constantine Tardzenyuy, Victims of Circumstances, page 35
To pester.
- They represent the first record of Fur Seals in this area and it is intented that meteorological and hydrological conditions in the Tasman Sea during austral winter have wraggled to the north young Fur Seals from probably south-australian populations.1936, Mammalia: - Volume 39, page 504
- Remember you're tired from wraggling with those nasty customers all day, or pounding out dull, business letters.1945, William Henry Hills, Robert Luce, The Writer - Volume 58, page 113

Her husband took off his glasses and wraggled them back and forth as he beamed fondly at her.2011, Dawn Powell, A Time to Be Born:
On the other hand, if he failed to make the pitiable noises Baron Skulkrak seemed to relish, then His Horribleness might surely apply further unpleasant techniques to wraggle that out of his victims.2015, John DeChancie, David Bischoff, Master of Spacetime:

third-person singular present	wraggles
present participle	wraggling
past participle	wraggled
past	wraggled

Blend of wriggle + waggle.

Blend of wrangle + haggle.

What does wraggle mean?: Wraggle means to wag about with a wiggling motion.
How do you use wraggle in a sentence?: Her husband took off his glasses and wraggled them back and forth as he beamed fondly at her.
What part of speech is wraggle?: Wraggle is a verb.
How do you pronounce wraggle?: Wraggle is pronounced /ˈɹæɡ.əl/.
What is the past tense of wraggle?: The past tense of wraggle is wraggled.

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