To move something quickly from side to side, or up and down, in short little movements — and also the movement itself. You waggle your finger at someone, waggle your eyebrows, waggle your hips; a dog waggles its tail. It can be used without an object too: the loose tooth waggled when she pushed it.

To move something quickly from side to side, or up and down, in short little movements快速地左右或上下擺動，動作又小又短——and also the movement itself也可以當名詞指這個動作本身。You waggle your finger at someone你可以對某人 waggle 手指、waggle your eyebrowswaggle 眉毛、waggle your hipswaggle 臀部；a dog waggles its tail狗也會 waggle 尾巴。It can be used without an object too也可以不接受詞使用：the loose tooth waggled when she pushed it她一推，那顆鬆動的牙齒就 waggle 了。

The important flavour is that it is small, quick, repeated, and slightly comic. It is a friendly, informal, almost childish word — parents and children use it, and adults use it when they want to sound light-hearted. If you waggle your eyebrows at someone, you are hinting at something naughty or funny; if you waggle a finger at a child, you are telling them off but not seriously.

The important flavour is that it is small, quick, repeated, and slightly comic重點在於它的味道：動作小、快、重複，還帶點滑稽。It is a friendly, informal, almost childish word這是個友善、口語，甚至有點孩子氣的詞——parents and children use it父母和小孩會用，and adults use it when they want to sound light-hearted大人想表現輕鬆時也會用。If you waggle your eyebrows at someone如果你對某人 waggle 眉毛，you are hinting at something naughty or funny是在暗示什麼調皮或好笑的事；if you waggle a finger at a child如果你對小孩 waggle 手指，you are telling them off but not seriously是在說教但不是真的生氣。

It is also a real technical term in golf, where the waggle is the small back-and-forth movement of the club a player makes before hitting the ball, and in beekeeping, where the waggle dance is how a bee tells other bees where the flowers are. Compare 'wag' (usually a tail, and a bigger sweep), 'wiggle' (a squirming twisting movement), and 'wobble' (unsteady, about to fall).

It is also a real technical term in golf它也是個真正的專業術語：在高爾夫球裡，the waggle is the small back-and-forth movement of the club a player makes before hitting the ballwaggle 是球員擊球前球桿來回小晃動的動作；and in beekeeping在養蜂裡，the waggle dance is how a bee tells other bees where the flowers arewaggle dance（搖擺舞）則是蜜蜂告訴同伴花在哪裡的方式。Compare 'wag'可以比較 'wag'（usually a tail, and a bigger sweep通常指尾巴，動作較大）、'wiggle''wiggle'（a squirming twisting movement扭動、蠕動）and 'wobble'和 'wobble'（unsteady, about to fall不穩、快要倒）。