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🧩 A joining piece 🧩 To join tightly 🤏 To shake lightly 🤏 A small shake
joggle

joggle

7.7
A small irregular shaking movement
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɑːɡəl/
translation icon : sacudida
  • With each joggle of the table, the glass came closer to the edge.

Examples

  • The carriage gave a joggle as it passed over the uneven ground.

  • I felt a slight joggle when the elevator started moving.

  • The joggle of the train kept me awake.

  • She felt a slight joggle as the car hit a bump.

  • I felt a slight joggle when the elevator started moving.

  • The carriage gave a joggle as it passed over the uneven ground.

  • With each joggle of the table, the glass came closer to the edge.

Synonyms

shake
vsjoggle
55 1.8

A small quick movement of the body or one of its parts

is smaller and irregular rather than broad or steady motion
jiggle
vsjoggle
7 3.9

A small quick shaking movement that makes things wobble

is the same meaning but involves jerking rather than wobbling
waggle
vsjoggle
3 4.9

A small repeated movement from side to side or up and down

is irregular and slight rather than repeated deliberate side to side motion
jerking
vsjoggle
2 4.2

A sudden quick movement that happens without control

is milder and less abrupt than that spasmodic movement
wriggle
vsjoggle
2 4.7

A small twisting movement of the body to get free

is a small irregular shake rather than a twisting movement for escape

How Shaky

jolt
64 3.8
shake
55 1.8
tremor
37 5.3
joggle
7.7
stillness
38 3.5

Surface Forms

joggle singular
joggles plural

Morphology

joggle = jog (semi-transparent) = jog + le

The word clearly contains jog + -le and the meaning is close to the source verb, though the frequentative nuance is not fully predictable for learners.

Etymology

A joggle is a small, irregular shake or jerk, like a short jog of motion. So you can remember it as a little sudden movement that makes things wobble a bit.