All wigwag synonyms

verb wigwag

• brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
• flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
• flutter — to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
• fly — to move through the air using wings.
• shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
• swing — to play (music) in the style of swing.
• twirl — to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl.
• twist — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
• wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
• beckon — If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you.
• billow — When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind.
• coil — A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops.
• curl — If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals.
• direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
• falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
• flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
• flow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
• fluctuate — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
• gesticulate — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
• indicate — to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
• motion — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
• oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
• palpitate — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
• pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
• pulse — the edible seeds of certain leguminous plants, as peas, beans, or lentils.
• quaver — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
• quiver — a case for holding or carrying arrows.
• reel — a lively Scottish dance.
• ripple — (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
• seesaw — a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
• sign — a token; indication.
• signal — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
• stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
• stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
• surge — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
• sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
• swell — to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
• swirl — to move around or along with a whirling motion; whirl; eddy.
• swish — to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
• switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
• tremble — to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
• undulate — to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
• vacillate — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
• vibrate — to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
• wag — to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
• waggle — to wobble or shake, especially while in motion: The ball waggled slowly to a stop. The leaves of the tree waggled in the wind.
• waver — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
• whirl — to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
• wobble — to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.