to wiggle
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1.0
- verb
- /ˈwɪɡəl/
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menear
- The students are easily distracted, and they wiggle a lot during lessons.
So yeah, I'm just going to kind of pat and slightly wiggle that in my crease.
- So yeah, I'm just going to kind of pat and slightly wiggle that in my crease.
- You wiggle your pinkies, then I said wiggle your thumbs again.
- Again, if you go to put that in there and it doesn't feel right, don't wiggle it, don't force it.
Examples
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Mr. Kramer, can you please wiggle your fingers?
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To get the toy out from under the couch, he had to wiggle it back and forth.
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If you can just wiggle, wiggle up, wiggle, wiggle up.
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All right, we're just going to wiggle this on through.
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Just going to try to wiggle it through a little bit more.
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We gotta wiggle it a little bit.
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I wonder if anybody in the audience can wiggle their ears.
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Wiggle your ears, wiggle your ears.
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When she was finished, she dropped her arms, then wiggled out of the shirt.
Fiction book (1990) -
Dropping to her stomach, she wiggled forward to see what was happening beyond the barrier.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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2.8
To make very small, quick moves back and forth
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2.8
To make a sudden small movement you cannot control, especially of a body part
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3.2
To move something in short, quick shaking movements
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3.8
To move or shake unsteadily from side to side
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3.5
To move quickly and lightly back and forth, like wings or leaves
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1.4
To move quickly from side to side or up and down again and again
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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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4.1
A small twisting movement of the body that shows discomfort or nervousness
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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
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6.1
A small repeated finger movement made when nervous or thinking
Moving with small twisting and squirming movements like a worm
To move something lightly and repeatedly so it shakes
Small quick movements of a person or thing often from being nervous
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A thin metal strip with sharp points that you hammer to join wooden boards
How Vigorous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wiggle began as a simple word that copies the sound of a small movement and is like the word wriggle. So, to wiggle is to make small, quick movements 'from side to side or up and down'.