Meaning of shoogle | Babel Free

Definitions

To shake or rock rapidly.

Northern-England, Scotland, transitive

Examples

“I heard the sparks who drove us saying something like⟳, ‘You keep⟳ these three Doc; we'll shoogle up the mess boys and find⟳ some breakfast.’”

“Suddenly, a rhythmic shaking and rattling overtook the room, shoogling and shimmying the structure⟳ in time to the acid jazz stomp riverboat boogie shuffle beat⟳ of the song.”

“He dipped it, scooped up a sheet's worth of pulp from the vessel and shook it even, rocking it back and forth to let⟳ out the water. There is a wonderful Scots word, ‘shoogle’, for precisely this rocking motion. After shoogling the frame, he let⟳ it drip for a few seconds, then, as if opening the window, he raised the deckle and lifted out the gauze.”

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