(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.
“It is DAY FIVE of the Festival of Powerwashing hosted by my neighbour. I'm going to shoogle my willowherb and blow some dandelion clocks.”
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(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) shaky.
(Scotland) shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety.
Shoogly is a wonderfully expressive Scots dialect adjective meaning shaky, wobbly, unsteady, or rickety — the quality of something that trembles, tilts, or might collapse at any moment. Often used to describe a precarious chair, an unstable structure, or a person feeling physically unsteady. The word 'shoogly peg' is a well-known Scots phrase for an insecure position (to be hanging on a shoogly peg means your position is at risk). The word itself sounds exactly like what it means.
Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
An act of shoogling; a shake.