waggle

"It was previously known that the directional information in the waggle dance is not entirely accurate," explains Straw.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

Every day, new people came, some people left, but the constant was Syd, his presence, his waggle, his ability to give unexpected joy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025

He added: "He had a super swing - a no-nonsense swing. One waggle and away it went."

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025

It can also do something more complicated, which is the very famous waggle dance—it’s the communication pattern they use to convey the location of a nectar source to other honeybees.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 7, 2023

Pilots Tonya Skoblikova and Katya Fedotova were able to waggle their wings in farewell as they flew off to find emergency landing places.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

But he says the new research reveals more about the structure of a species’ communication system, much as scientists deciphered how the waggles of honey bees tell other bees where flowers are located.

From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2024

The researchers observed that bees alter the position of their antennae, which are touched repeatedly by the dancer as it waggles by, based on the angle of their body relative to the dancer.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024

“His tongue waggles, he talks fast. Smooth talker is how I’m going to explain it.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

It's a fiercely hot afternoon in Milton Keynes and I'm chasing a small orange flag as it waggles just above a line of low garden walls.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2022

“You came in late, so…” He waggles his head back and forth.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Everyone laughed when she stuck out her foot and theatrically waggled it, as if showing off a designer stiletto.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2023

She waggled her fingers again, as if sprinkling magic dust.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021

“Respect the axe. Don’t swing it everywhere. Don’t just throw it around all willy-nilly,” Meehan-Berg said, as I waggled the axe about.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2018

I waggled my eyebrows as I’d seen Groucho Marx do.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2017

The old man leaned back in his chair and waggled his head up and down.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Anyway, a discussion about the weather sparked Mr. Biden’s memory of an old movie, unspooling in his waggling mind.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

After a few tries, he appeared to grow weary of following its rules, and just started waggling the mouse up and down rapidly to create a barrage of noise.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

Slow-motion footage of waggling goose butts set to a bouncy, whimsical orchestral soundtrack works.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2020

Fast players had already hit the ball, but others were still waggling.

From Golf Digest ● Jan. 17, 2020

He rested one hand on an imaginary belly and raised the other in the air, waggling a disapproving finger.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez