wiggle
Use Wiggle in a sentence
əl 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.
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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; Middle English wiglen; akin to Old English wegan to move, wēg motion, wicga insect; compare Norwegian vigla to totter, frequentative of vigga to rock oneself, Dutch, Low German wiggelen
1175–1225; Middle English wiglen; akin to Old English wegan to move, wēg motion, wicga insect; compare Norwegian vigla to totter, frequentative of vigga to rock oneself, Dutch, Low German wiggelen
Related forms
out·wig·gle, verb (used with object), out·wig·gled, out·wig·gling.
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wiggle (ˈwɪɡəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to move or cause to move with jerky movements, esp from side to side |
| —n | |
| 2. | the act or an instance of wiggling |
| 3. | slang chiefly (US) get a wiggle on to hurry up |
| [C13: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wiggelen] | |
| 'wiggler | |
| —n | |
| 'wiggly | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
wiggle
early 13c., 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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Example sentences
Only wiggle or shake if it takes longer than an hour to dissolve.
At night there are the hula dancers to giggle at when their hips shake back and forth making a funny wiggle.
The total genome content proportions are rough estimates, there may be some wiggle room in there.
More of a straight-line runner, lacking the hip wiggle or stutter-step moves to elude.
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