Thesaurus: wiggle
To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.
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Definitions
- v. t. To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.
- n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
- n. the act of wiggling
- v. move to and fro
- To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.]
- To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bendrapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; tosquirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wigglesin the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
- n:25/v:75 n. the act of wiggling