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wig⋅gle
[wig-uh
l]
verb, -gled, -gling, noun –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
—Idiom| 3. | a wiggling movement or course. |
| 4. | a wiggly line. |
| 5. | a dish of creamed fish or shellfish and peas. |
| 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
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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Wiggle
Wig"gle\, n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : wiggle
Spanish:
menear,
German:
wackeln (mit),
Japanese:
くねらせる
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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