waggle

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
2. verb To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
3. verb To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
4. noun An instance of waggling.
5. noun A wobbling motion.

   Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.

6. noun The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.

Similar words

wag shake reel wamble wiggle wigwag bewag wraggle jiggle wibble

Often followed by

dance of his their dances the run your runs

Word family

waggled waggles wagglier waggliest waggling waggly