Wag vs. Waggle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wag and Waggle
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Wag
(especially with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro
His tail began to wag
The dog went out, wagging its tail
Waggle
To move (an attached part, for example) with short, quick motions
Waggled her foot impatiently.
Wag
Play truant from (school).
Waggle
To move shakily; wobble
Waggled down the steps.
Wag
A wife or girlfriend of a sports player, typically characterized as having a high media profile and a glamorous lifestyle.
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Waggle
A wobbling motion.
Wag
To move briskly and repeatedly from side to side, to and fro, or up and down
The dog's tail wagged.
Waggle
(transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
Wag
To move rapidly in talking. Used of the tongue.
Waggle
(intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
Wag
(Archaic) To be on one's way; depart.
Waggle
A wobbling motion.
Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.
Wag
To move (a body part) rapidly from side to side or up and down, as in playfulness, agreement, or admonition
Wagged his finger at the giggling students.
Waggle
(golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.
Wag
The act or motion of wagging
A farewell wag of the hand.
Waggle
To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
Why do you go nodding and waggling so?
Wag
A humorous or droll person; a wit.
Waggle
To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail.
Wag
To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.
Waggle
A waggling or wagging;
Wag
To play truant from school.
Waggle
Causing to move repeatedly from side to side
Wag
(obsolete) To be in action or motion; to move; progress.
Waggle
Move from side to side;
The happy dog wagged his tail
Wag
(obsolete) To go; to depart.
Waggle
Move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
Wag
An oscillating movement.
The wag of my dog's tail expresses happiness.
Wag
A witty person.
Wag
To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.
No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure.
Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Wag
To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.
The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more.
Wag
To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
"Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags."
Wag
To go; to depart; to pack oft.
I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag.
Wag
The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.
Wag
A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
We wink at wags when they offend.
A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a finger all the while he was speaking; the wags used to call it the thread of his discourse.
Wag
A witty amusing person who makes jokes
Wag
Causing to move repeatedly from side to side
Wag
Move from side to side;
The happy dog wagged his tail
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