wiggle

English

Etymology

Middle English wiglen, possibly from Middle Dutch or Old English

Pronunciation

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Verb

wiggle (third-person singular simple present wiggles, present participle wiggling, simple past and past participle wiggled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.

   Her hips wiggle as she walks.

   The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.

Translations

to move with irregular motions

• Dutch: wiebelen (nl)
• Finnish: tytistä (fi), hytistä (fi), tutista (fi), hytkyä (fi), hyllyä (fi) (intransitive); hytisyttää (fi), tutisuttaa (fi), hytkyttää (fi) (transitive)
• French: frétiller (fr), se tortiller
• German: schlängeln (de), schwänzeln (de), wackeln (de)

• Portuguese: rebolar (pt)
• Russian: покачивать (ru) (pokačivatʹ), раскачиваться (ru) (raskačivatʹsja)
• Spanish: menear, contonear
• Swedish: vicka (sv)

Noun

wiggle (plural wiggles)

1. A wiggling movement.

   She walked with a sexy wiggle.

2. (in the plural) See wiggles.

Translations

wiggling movement

• Finnish: tutina (fi), hytinä (fi), hytke (fi)
• Portuguese: rebolado (pt)

• Russian: покачивание (ru) (pokačivanije) n

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb wiggle

get a wiggle on

wiggle room

wiggly