Wiggle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move back and forth with quick irregular motions: The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle: wiggled restlessly in her chair; wiggled through the crowd.
  • verb-intransitive. To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means: wiggled out of a social engagement.
  • v. To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions: wiggle a loose tooth.
  • v. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling: The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam.
  • n. A wiggling movement or course.
  • idiom. get a wiggle on Slang To hurry or hurry up.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.
  • n. A wiggling movement.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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
  • n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To waggle; wabble; wriggle.
  • n. A waggling or wriggling motion.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. move to and fro
  • n. the act of wiggling
    • Verb Form
    wiggled    wiggles    wiggling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    motility    movement    motion    move   
    Cross Reference
    twiddle   
    Form
    wiggly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wag    squirm    wriggle    tweedle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    giggle    jiggle    riggle    squiggle    wriggle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    waggle    dormouse    outand    pin-size    pathetically   
     
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