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waggle

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waggle /ˈwaɡl /
verb move or cause to move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down:
[no object] his arm waggled
[with object] Mary waggled a glass at them.
[with object] swing (a golf club) loosely to and fro over the ball before playing a shot:
waggle the club and set it down in your normal address position.
noun an act of waggling.
– ORIGIN late 16th century: frequentative of wag1.
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