"jiggle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jiggle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: jiggles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Etymology: From jig + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|jig|-le<pos:frequentative suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From jig + -le (frequentative suffix). Head templates: {{en-noun}} jiggle (plural jiggles)
  1. A relatively weak shaking movement; the condition or state of weakly shaking.
    Sense id: en-jiggle-en-noun-fi~0o52k
  2. Titillating depictions of scantily-clad female bodies in motion, especially in action media genres. Hypernyms: T&A
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jiggle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: jiggles [present, singular, third-person], jiggling [participle, present], jiggled [participle, past], jiggled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Etymology: From jig + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|jig|-le<pos:frequentative suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From jig + -le (frequentative suffix). Head templates: {{en-verb}} jiggle (third-person singular simple present jiggles, present participle jiggling, simple past and past participle jiggled)
  1. (transitive) To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle. Tags: transitive Translations (To shake something gently): heiluttaa (Finnish), hytkyttää (Finnish), remuer légèrement (French), რწევა (rc̣eva) (Georgian), რხევა (rxeva) (Georgian), ქანაობა (kanaoba) (Georgian), 揺さ振る (yusaburu) (Japanese), трясти́ (trjastí) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-jiggle-en-verb-LG6TnZyv Disambiguation of 'To shake something gently': 83 17
  2. (intransitive) To shake, rattle, or wiggle. Tags: intransitive Translations (To shake, rattle, or wiggle): треса се (tresa se) (Bulgarian), полюлявам се (poljuljavam se) (Bulgarian), heilua (Finnish), hytkyä (Finnish), hölskyä (Finnish), hyllyä (Finnish), ballotter (French), ნჯღრევა (nǯɣreva) (Georgian), ჯანჯღარი (ǯanǯɣari) (Georgian), hytissä (Ingrian), hīkaikai (note: of restless feet) (Māori), agitar (Portuguese), трясти́сь (trjastísʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-jiggle-en-verb-ZDRUQhSa Disambiguation of 'To shake, rattle, or wiggle': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jiggle key, jiggle mode, jiggle physics, jiggler, jigglesome, jiggle television, jigglingly, jiggly, rejiggle

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "To shake something gently",
      "word": "heiluttaa"
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      "sense": "To shake something gently",
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      "sense": "To shake something gently",
      "word": "remuer légèrement"
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      "sense": "To shake something gently",
      "word": "რწევა"
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      "sense": "To shake something gently",
      "word": "რხევა"
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      "roman": "kanaoba",
      "sense": "To shake something gently",
      "word": "ქანაობა"
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      "roman": "yusaburu",
      "sense": "To shake something gently",
      "word": "揺さ振る"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "trjastí",
      "sense": "To shake something gently",
      "word": "трясти́"
    },
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      "roman": "tresa se",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "треса се"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "poljuljavam se",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "полюлявам се"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "heilua"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "hölskyä"
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      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "hyllyä"
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      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "ballotter"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "nǯɣreva",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "ნჯღრევა"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "roman": "ǯanǯɣari",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
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      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "note": "of restless feet",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "hīkaikai"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "agitar"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "trjastísʹ",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "трясти́сь"
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}

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