Wiggle Definition
wĭgəl
wiggled, wiggles, wiggling
verb
wiggled, wiggles, wiggling
To move back and forth with quick irregular motions.
The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
American Heritage
To move or cause to move with short, jerky or twisting motions from side to side; wriggle shakily or sinuously.
Webster's New World
To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means.
Wiggled out of a social engagement.
American Heritage
To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions.
Wiggle a loose tooth.
American Heritage
To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling.
The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam.
American Heritage
noun
wiggles
The act or an instance of wiggling.
Webster's New World
A wiggling movement.
She walked with a sexy wiggle.
Wiktionary
(in the plural) See wiggles.
Wiktionary
idiom
get a wiggle on
- To hurry or hurry up.
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wiggle
Origin of Wiggle
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Middle English wiglen probably from Middle Low German wiggelen to totter wegh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English wiglen, possibly from Middle Dutch or Old English
From Wiktionary
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