wiggle
verbnounattested in dialogue
- //ˈwɪɡəl//
To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
verb
- 1
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.
I'll make ya bump, hump, wiggle and shake your rump
"These modern dances!" he grunted, grabbing his smokes. "They don't do nothing but teach the kids how to bump n wiggle."
- 2
To move with shaking or jiggling.
She wiggled out through the small opening in the wall.
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”). See wain, and Dutch wieg (“cradle”). Cognate to Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”), Low German wiggeln (“to wiggle”).
noun
- 1
A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
She walked with a sexy wiggle.
- 2
A dish that combines seafood and peas in a cream-based sauce.
shrimp wiggle
- 3
figurativeAn alternating state or characteristic.
- 4
See wiggles.
Forms
- plural
- wiggles
- past tense
- wiggled
- past participle
- wiggled
- present participle
- wiggling
- third person singular
- wiggles
wiggle · To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
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