How do you use Waggle in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like wag or shake, plus the exact meaning.
Waggle meaning
- To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
- To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
- To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
Using Waggle
- The main meaning on this page is: To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble. | To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness. | To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
- Useful related words include: wag, shake, agitation, jiggle.
- In the example corpus, waggle often appears in combinations such as: the waggle, waggle dance.
Context around Waggle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Waggle
- In this selection, "waggle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nifty, wiggle, dance, makes and wednesdays stand out and add context to how "waggle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a nifty waggle makes it and and wiggle waggle wednesdays both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "waggle" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with waggle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Riley, J.; Greggers, U.; Smith, A.; Reynolds, D.; Menzel, R. (2005) "The flight paths of honeybees recruited by the waggle dance". (21 words)
What a climax, and those who managed to waggle an extra day off work to come back here today have been rewarded. (22 words)
If you wander into Waggle around lunchtime, you’ll find warm grain bowls with fresh savory ingredients like quinoa, kimchi, and fried eggs. (23 words)
Return customers with no costumes who appear to be more than 30 years old may get the trademarked ‘air drop’, whereby nothing lands in their treat bag, but a nifty waggle makes it appear like they did. (37 words)
Other library programs this fall include Mother Goose on the Loose Tuesdays mornings and Wiggle Waggle Wednesdays, both at the library starting at 10 a.m. (26 words)
If you wander into Waggle around lunchtime, you’ll find warm grain bowls with fresh savory ingredients like quinoa, kimchi, and fried eggs. (23 words)
Example sentences (6)
Return customers with no costumes who appear to be more than 30 years old may get the trademarked ‘air drop’, whereby nothing lands in their treat bag, but a nifty waggle makes it appear like they did.
Other library programs this fall include Mother Goose on the Loose Tuesdays mornings and Wiggle Waggle Wednesdays, both at the library starting at 10 a.m.
If you wander into Waggle around lunchtime, you’ll find warm grain bowls with fresh savory ingredients like quinoa, kimchi, and fried eggs.
What a climax, and those who managed to waggle an extra day off work to come back here today have been rewarded.
Honeybees are a notable example of this, using the waggle dance to communicate the location of flowers to the rest of their hive.
Riley, J.; Greggers, U.; Smith, A.; Reynolds, D.; Menzel, R. (2005) "The flight paths of honeybees recruited by the waggle dance".
Common combinations with waggle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: