waggy

1 3.2

Moving quickly from side to side like a happy dog's tail

adjective
/ˈwæɡi/

: movedizo

His waggy tail showed how happy he was to see his owner.

Examples

The dog's tail was so waggy that it knocked over the water bowl.
She couldn't help but smile at the waggy tail of the excited puppy.
The other fourteen are usually a little waggy.

Fiction book (1998)
It’s like a waggy tail.

Shallow Hal (2001)
He's really real ♪ He's the shaggiest, waggiest Spookiest dog in town ♪

The Shaggy Dog (2006)

Synonyms

wiggly

vswaggy

8 3.5

A shape or movement with many small bends like a worm

moves back and forth quickly instead of forming curves when moving

wriggly

vswaggy

1 4.3

Moving with small twisting movements like a worm

moves back and forth quickly rather than twisting or turning

How Waggy

waggy

1 3.2

twitchy

Informal

2 3.9

motionless

41 3.0

Surface Forms

waggy positive

Morphology

waggy = wag (transparent) = wag + y

Clearly formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-y' to the verb 'wag', producing an adjective meaning 'tending to wag'.

Etymology

The word waggy comes from the simple verb wag, which means 'to move back and forth quickly', and the tiny ending -y, meaning 'full of' or 'tending to'. So, something 'waggy', like a puppy's tail, is one that likes to wag or moves quickly from side to side.