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wig⋅gle

  [wig-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side: The puppies wiggled with delight.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cause to wiggle; move quickly and irregularly from side to side.
–noun
3. a wiggling movement or course.
4. a wiggly line.
5. a dish of creamed fish or shellfish and peas.
—Idiom
6. get a wiggle on, Informal. to hurry up; get a move on: If you don't get a wiggle on, we'll miss the first act.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME wiglen; akin to OE wegan to move, wēg motion, wicga insect; cf. Norw vigla to totter, freq. of vigga to rock oneself, D, LG wiggelen
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wig·gle   (wĭg'əl)   
v.   wig·gled, wig·gling, wig·gles

v.   intr.
  1. To move back and forth with quick irregular motions: The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
    1. To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle: wiggled restlessly in her chair; wiggled through the crowd.
    2. To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means: wiggled out of a social engagement.
v.   tr.
  1. To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions: wiggle a loose tooth.
  2. 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.

[Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Low German wiggelen, to totter; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
wig'gly adj.
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Wiggle

Wig"gle\, v. t. & i. [Cf. Wag, v. 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.]

Wiggle

Wig"gle\, n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.]
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Language Translation for : wiggle
Spanish: menear,
German: wackeln (mit),
Japanese: くねらせる
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wiggle  (v.)
c.1225, perhaps from M.Du. or M.Flem. wigelen, frequentative of wiegen "to rock," from wiege "cradle" (cf. O.H.G. wiga, Ger. Wiege, O.Fris. widze), from PIE base *wegh- "to move" (see weigh). The noun is attested from 1816.
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