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Wiggle

Wig′gle

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[Cf.
Wag
,
Verb.
T.
,
Waggle
.]
To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle;
as, the dog
wiggles
his tail; the tadpole
wiggles
in the water.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Wig′gle

,
Noun.
Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
[Colloq.]

Definition 2024

wiggle

wiggle

English

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

Noun

wiggle ‎(plural wiggles)

  1. A wiggling movement.
    She walked with a sexy wiggle.
  2. (in the plural) See wiggles.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wiggle

Etymology

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”).

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