to jiggle
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3.2
- verb
- /ˈdʒɪɡəl/
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menear
- The way he was sitting, legs crossed, foot jiggling up and down, so impatient, turned my stomach.
- jiggle the handle
- slightly jiggle
- barely jiggle
That gets it to go up, and I just jiggle it back and forth like this.
- That gets it to go up, and I just jiggle it back and forth like this.
- You take these guys to put some air in the bag, jiggle around, then they're freshly coated.
- And I'm not going to add the part about making his belly jiggle because that feels weird, but keep making me laugh in a normal way.
- I could feel them jiggle when I was walking and if I was walking down some stairs or trying to jog I could really feel them bouncing around.
- I'm doing my sleep and I would find that if I had a little bit too much energy that the forceps would jiggle a little bit and wasn't a caffeine thing.
- And the whole time I'm watching this freaking pie and it is jiggling like jello, like my body in slow motion.
- Two things you want to jiggle eye and jiggle eye and cutting and circumcision.
- Time for us to plop this out and I hope we can like, wiggle, jiggle, squiggle the wood piece out of the resin.
Examples
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Come on, I saw you jiggle the handle.
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I could feel them jiggle when I was walking and if I was walking down some stairs or trying to jog I could really feel them bouncing around.
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That gets it to go up, and I just jiggle it back and forth like this.
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You just have to lift, jiggle, and then pull.
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Of course, within this average, some of the particles jiggle very fast, whereas others jiggle relatively slowly.
Academic text (2004) -
This is an exercise regime to get you on your feet, up and about, jiggling around.
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With these screws removed, it's possible to slowly jiggle the drive back and forward to slowly remove it from the circuit board.
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Molecules vibrate, these bonds move, molecules jiggle, molecules rotate.
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They'll tap their foot, they'll jiggle their knees, they'll move their fingers.
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I had to jiggle the key in the lock to get it to open.
Synonyms
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2.8
To make very small, quick moves back and forth
89
1.0
To move with small, quick movements from side to side or up and down
28
3.7
To twist and turn the body with small quick movements to get free
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3.4
To make small nervous movements, often with hands or feet
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2.7
To move up and down quickly in short movements
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4.6
To shake or move quickly because you are nervous
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7.4
To shake slightly with quick movements
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3.7
To move up and down quickly and lightly many times
To move something lightly and repeatedly so it shakes
To move unsteadily from side to side
Compounds
- NSFW
Movement in games or animation that makes soft parts like hair and clothes bounce
How Shaky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jiggle comes from jig ('lively dance') with the ending -le that makes the action small or repeated, so to jiggle is to move in short, quick movements, like doing a little dance.