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wiggle

[wig-uhl]

verb (used without object)

wiggled, wiggling 
  1. to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side.

    The puppies wiggled with delight.



verb (used with object)

wiggled, wiggling 
  1. to cause to wiggle; move quickly and irregularly from side to side.

noun

  1. a wiggling movement or course.

  2. a wiggly line.

  3. a dish of creamed fish or shellfish and peas.

wiggle

/ ˈ·Éɪɡə±ô /

verb

  1. to move or cause to move with jerky movements, esp from side to side

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of wiggling

  2. slangÌýto hurry up

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • outwiggle verb (used with object)
  • ˈ·É¾±²µ²µ±ô±ð°ù noun
  • ˈ·É¾±²µ²µ±ô²â adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of wiggle1

1175–1225; Middle English wiglen; akin to Old English wegan to move, ·Éŧ²µ motion, wicga insect; compare Norwegian vigla to totter, frequentative of vigga to rock oneself, Dutch, Low German wiggelen
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of wiggle1

C13: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wiggelen
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. get a wiggle on, to hurry up; get a move on.

    If you don't get a wiggle on, we'll miss the first act.

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Example Sentences

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Your body is wiggling all over the place if you’re not strong.

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But Sheinbaum seemed to leave little wiggle room for future negotiations on the explosive issue.

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“If you look at a video of a real baby primate, they have the exact same wiggles and imperfections,†says the filmmaker.

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The five brightly colored characters helped the crowd to get its “wiggles†out and sang the hit “Party in My Tummy.â€

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Maher was blunt, saying that there's very little wiggle room in the wording of the amendment.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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