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wiggle

/ˈwɪɡəl/

Rhymes with -ɪɡəl

Where it comes from

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”).

verb wiggles · wiggling · wiggled

ambitransitive To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle. Her hips wiggle as she walks.
intransitive To move with shaking or jiggling. She wiggled out through the small opening in the wall.

noun wiggles

A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular. She walked with a sexy wiggle.
Similar: jiggle
A dish that combines seafood and peas in a cream-based sauce. shrimp wiggle
figuratively An alternating state or characteristic.
in plural See wiggles.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wriggle, jiggle, squirm, joggle, waggle, shake, stir, move, budge, twitch, moves, wobble, wigwag, wraggle, wibble, shag

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verb to move with irregular motions

Español	menear, contonear
Português	rebolar, sacolejar
Français	frétiller, se tortiller
Deutsch	schlängeln, schwänzeln, wackeln, hin und her wackeln
Русский	покачивать pokačivatʹ, раскачиваться raskačivatʹsja

noun wiggling movement

Português	rebolado
Русский	покачивание pokačivanije

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@misc{wiggle_2026,
  title = {wiggle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wiggle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}