waggle

Meanings

Verb

• To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
• To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.

Noun

• A wobbling motion.
• The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.

Origin

• wag + -le. Compare continental equivalents Middle High German wacken ( > Danish vakle, German wackeln), Swedish vagla, West Frisian waggelje, Low German wackeln, Dutch waggelen.