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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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  1. 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.
  2. n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
  3. n. the act of wiggling
  4. v. move to and fro
  5. 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.]
  6. 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.]
  7. n:25/v:75 n. the act of wiggling