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   What does waggle mean?

   • : an instance of waggling : a jerky motion back and forth or up and down : a preliminary swinging of a golf club head back and forth over the ball before the swing Verb He can waggle his ears. He can make his ears waggle. Noun a quick waggle of her head to indicate “no”

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   What is a waggle dance?

   • a waggling motion. Golf. a swinging movement made with a golf club to and fro over the ball prior to a stroke. In earlier research, Landgraf built a robot that could perform a waggle dance so convincing that other bees followed it—and, at least sometimes, flew in the direction the robot suggested.

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   Why do bees waggle?

   • Further observations, we are told, showed that the bees performed a sort of 'waggle dance' in the hive itself to indicate the distance to sources of food. Very often the driver goes one better than that, and the index finger is waggled in a sort of admonitory fashion at other drivers.

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   Why does a hive waggle?

   • By waggling its body and strutting in a figure-of-eight, it conveys the duration and direction of the food source to its hive-mates. As it waggles, it also vibrates its wings. Waggle sticks and people leaping around a room trying to get their onscreen avatar to dance?

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   Sep 28, 2017 · wangle (v.) "obtain something by trickery," 1888, originally British printer's slang for "fake by manipulation;" perhaps an alteration of waggle, or of wankle (now dialectal) "unsteady, fickle," from Old English wancol (see wench (n.)). Brought into wider use by World War I soldiers.

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   The meaning of WAGGLE is to reel, sway, or move from side to side : wag. How to use waggle in a sentence.

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   The earliest known use of the noun waggle is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for waggle is from 1885, in a text by Robert Louis Stevenson, writer. It is also recorded as a verb from the late 1500s.

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   Origin of waggle 1. First recorded in 1585–95; wag + -le. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of waggle 1. C16: frequentative of wag 1. Discover More. Example Sentences.

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   waggle. noun [ C ] uk / ˈwæɡ. ə l / us / ˈwæɡ. ə l /. the movement of a golf club (= specially shaped stick for hitting the ball) backwards and forwards over the ball before moving it right back to hit the ball: He teed up the ball, took a couple of waggles, and then swung.

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   noun [ C ] us / ˈwæɡ. ə l / uk / ˈwæɡ. ə l /. the movement of a golf club (= specially shaped stick for hitting the ball) backward and forward over the ball before moving it right back to hit the ball: He teed up the ball, took a couple of waggles, and then swung.

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   /ˈwæɡl/ [transitive, intransitive] (informal) Verb Forms. waggle (something) to make something move with short movements from side to side or up and down; to move in this way. Can you waggle your ears? Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Take your English to the next level.