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What (who) is WAGGLING - definition
Waggling
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Waggle.
waggle
PARTICULAR FIGURE-EIGHT DANCE OF THE HONEY BEE
Bee dance; Waggledance; Waggle Dance; Honeybee dance; Waggle; Dance of bees
I. v. n.
Tottle, toddle, waddle.
II. v. a.
Wag, shake, move one way and the other.
waggle
PARTICULAR FIGURE-EIGHT DANCE OF THE HONEY BEE
Bee dance; Waggledance; Waggle Dance; Honeybee dance; Waggle; Dance of bees
¦ verb move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down.
?swing (a golf club) loosely to and fro over the ball before playing a shot.
¦ noun an act of waggling.
Derivatives
waggler noun
waggly adjective
Origin
C16: frequentative of wag1.
Examples of use of WAGGLING
1. But vets feared her waggling might damage her spine.
2. Some others, though, go [she mimes someone waggling a piece of fur under her nose], ‘Oooh!
3. We also learned the Clown Salute – thumb on nose and waggling fingers accompanied by the sound of a raspberry.
4. Its marketing campaign for Yoplait – the new brand in the yogurt arena – took TV screens by storm, and Israel‘s media blazed with red, and with waggling tongues.
5. Now they were up and roaring like the brokers of some rocketing Nikkei, and waggling their fingers to show the number of their preferred contestant. ‘Luz!