wiggle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Dutch wigelen (“to wiggle”) and perhaps Middle Low German wigelen, frequentative of wiegen (“to rock”), from wiege (“cradle”)[1]. See wain, and Dutch wieg (“cradle”).
Cognate to Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wiggle (third-person singular simple present wiggles, present participle wiggling, simple past and past participle wiggled)
- (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[edit]
to move with irregular motions
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Noun[edit]
wiggle (plural wiggles)
- A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
- She walked with a sexy wiggle.
- (figuratively) An alternating state or characteristic. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (in the plural) See wiggles.
Translations[edit]
wiggling movement
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from the noun or verb wiggle
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