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# waggle

verb (waggle, waggles, waggled, waggling); noun (a waggle)

«waggle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To move something quickly from side to side or up and down: waggle your fingers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#m1)
2. (noun) A quick small movement like this: the dog's tail gave a waggle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used for playful movements of fingers, ears, eyebrows, tails and loose teeth; in science, honeybees do a "waggle dance" to show other bees where food is. Phrases: waggle your fingers, waggle your eyebrows, waggle dance, give it a waggle.

### Examples

- Can you waggle your ears? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#x1)
- The puppy waggled its tail when it saw me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#x2)
- She waggled her loose tooth with her tongue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#x3)
- Honeybees do a waggle dance to show where the flowers are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#x4)
- Give the plug a waggle if the lamp flickers — no, unplug it first and tell an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#x5)
- He waggled his eyebrows to make us laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#x6)
- Waggle your fingers to warm them up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#x7)
- At a little to their right there was a thin uncomely bridge that waggled across the torrent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: waggled, waggling. Close to "wag" (a tail wags) and "wiggle" (twist about); waggle is a bit bigger and sillier than wag.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «waggle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waggle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«waggle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waggle.html) on Mova free.