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wiggle

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈwɪɡəl/

Definition of wiggle

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
    “Her hips wiggle as she walks.”
    “The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.”
    “I'll make ya bump, hump, wiggle and shake your rump”
    “"These modern dances!" he grunted, grabbing his smokes. "They don't do nothing but teach the kids how to bump n wiggle."”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
    “Her hips wiggle as she walks.”
    “The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.”
    “I'll make ya bump, hump, wiggle and shake your rump”
    “"These modern dances!" he grunted, grabbing his smokes. "They don't do nothing but teach the kids how to bump n wiggle."”

noun

  1. A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
    “She walked with a sexy wiggle.”
  2. (figuratively)An alternating state or characteristic.
  3. (in-plural)See wiggles.

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Etymology

From Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Dutch wigelen (“to wiggle”) and perhaps Middle Low German wigelen, frequentative of wiegen (“to rock”), from wiege (“cradle”). See wain, and Dutch wieg (“cradle”). Cognate to Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”), Low German wiggeln (“to wiggle”).

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