waggle
pronunciation
How to pronounce waggle in British English:
UK [ˈwægl]
How to pronounce waggle in American English:
US [ˈwæɡəl]
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- Noun:
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
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- Verb:
- move from side to side
- move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
Word Origin
- waggle (v.)
- late 15c. (implied in waggling), frequentative of wag (v.). Compare Dutch waggelen "to waggle," Old High German wagon "to move, shake," German wackeln "to totter." Transitive sense from 1590s. Related: Waggled.
Example
- 1. After a while , other scouts start to visit the sites advertised by their compatriots and , on their return , also perform more waggle dances .
- 2. She can waggle her ears .
- 3. One of his party tricks is to waggle his ears .
- 4. Conversely , computerised bees that blindly followed the waggle dances of others without first checking whether the site was , in fact , as advertised , led to a swift but mistaken decision .
- 5. The waggle dance research is the second of four projects in the five-year sussex plan , which is officially launched next week at ratnieks 's bee laboratory at sussex university .