shoogle

/ ˈʃʊɡəl /

verb

1. to shake, sway, or rock back and forth

noun

1. a rocking motion; shake

Derived Forms

• ˈshoogly, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoogle¹

from dialectal shog, shug; apparently related to German schaukeln to shake

Example Sentences

Spurs, unchanged for a couple of transfer windows, could finally shoogle things up this evening by giving their new signings Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso a debut at their fancy new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

From The Guardian

Tottenham Hotspur gave their side a good old shoogle on Wednesday against League Two Newport County in the cup, so perhaps it’s more instructive to compare today’s starting XI to the one sent out at Anfield last week.

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Not quite in the way we might have imagined when Arsenal ran out easy 3-0 winners in September 2016, of course; Chelsea’s humiliation inspired Antonio Conte to give his defence a good old shoogle, and the rest is history.

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Manchester City give their starting XI a good shoogle after the disappointing draw at Middlesbrough last weekend.

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Burnley meanwhile give their starting line-up a good old shoogle in the wake of their home defeat to Manchester United.

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