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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪɡəl/ Audio: En-us-wiggle.ogg [US] Forms: wiggles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wiglen}} Middle English wiglen, {{der|en|dum|wigelen||to wiggle}} Middle Dutch wigelen (“to wiggle”), {{der|en|gml|wigelen}} Middle Low German wigelen, {{cog|nl|wieg||cradle}} Dutch wieg (“cradle”), {{cog|nl|wiggelen||to wiggle}} Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”), {{cog|nds|wiggeln||to wiggle}} Low German wiggeln (“to wiggle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wiggle (plural wiggles)
  1. A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular. Synonyms: jiggle Translations (wiggling movement): hikol-hikol (Central Bikol), vrikken [neuter] (Danish), tutina (Finnish), hytinä (Finnish), hytke (Finnish), vrikk [neuter] (Norwegian), rebolado (Portuguese), покачивание (pokačivanije) [neuter] (Russian)
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  2. (cooking) A dish that combines seafood and peas in a cream-based sauce.
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  3. (figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. Tags: figuratively
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  4. (in the plural) See wiggles. Tags: in-plural
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (Terms derived from the noun or verb wiggle): get a wiggle on, squiggle, wiggle dress, wiggle out of, wiggler, wiggle room, wiggle seat, wigglesome, wiggle worm, wiggly
Disambiguation of 'Terms derived from the noun or verb wiggle': 31 18 28 23

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪɡəl/ Audio: En-us-wiggle.ogg [US] Forms: wiggles [present, singular, third-person], wiggling [participle, present], wiggled [participle, past], wiggled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wiglen}} Middle English wiglen, {{der|en|dum|wigelen||to wiggle}} Middle Dutch wigelen (“to wiggle”), {{der|en|gml|wigelen}} Middle Low German wigelen, {{cog|nl|wieg||cradle}} Dutch wieg (“cradle”), {{cog|nl|wiggelen||to wiggle}} Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”), {{cog|nds|wiggeln||to wiggle}} Low German wiggeln (“to wiggle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wiggle (third-person singular simple present wiggles, present participle wiggling, simple past and past participle wiggled)
  1. (ambitransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle. Tags: ambitransitive Translations (to move with irregular motions): мърдам (mărdam) (Bulgarian), шавам (šavam) (Bulgarian), въртя се (vărtja se) (Bulgarian), hikol-hikol (Central Bikol), ilhkoli (Choctaw), vrikke (Danish), wiebelen (Dutch), svingeti (Esperanto), tytistä (Finnish), hytistä (Finnish), tutista (Finnish), hytkyä (Finnish), hyllyä [intransitive] (Finnish), hytisyttää (Finnish), tutisuttaa (Finnish), hytkyttää [transitive] (Finnish), frétiller (French), se tortiller (French), abanear (Galician), ქნევა (kneva) (Georgian), ქიცინი (kicini) [especially] (Georgian), schlängeln (German), schwänzeln (German), wackeln (German), hin und her wackeln (German), ficánkol [intransitive] (Hungarian), ring (Hungarian), ringatózik (Hungarian), hullámzik (Hungarian), riszál [transitive] (Hungarian), csóvál (Hungarian), mozgat (Hungarian), ringat (Hungarian), pīonioni (Māori), vrikke (Norwegian), rebolar (Portuguese), sacolejar (Portuguese), покачивать (pokačivatʹ) (Russian), раскачиваться (raskačivatʹsja) (Russian), menear (Spanish), contonear (Spanish), vicka (Swedish), këkchëkwi [animate] (Unami)
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  2. (intransitive) To move with shaking or jiggling. Tags: intransitive
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Inflected forms

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        "(ambitransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle."
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          "word": "abanear"
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          "roman": "kneva",
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          "word": "ქნევა"
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "hin und her wackeln"
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      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Central Bikol",
      "lang_code": "bcl",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "hikol-hikol"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "мърдам"
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      "word": "въртя се"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "ilhkoli"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "vrikke"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "wiebelen"
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      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "svingeti"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "tytistä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "hytistä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "tutista"
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      "word": "hytkyä"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "hytisyttää"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "frétiller"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "se tortiller"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "abanear"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "kneva",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "ქნევა"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ქიცინი"
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      "word": "schlängeln"
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      "word": "schwänzeln"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "hin und her wackeln"
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      "word": "ficánkol"
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      "word": "ring"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "csóvál"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "mozgat"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "pīonioni"
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "vrikke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "rebolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "sacolejar"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "pokačivatʹ",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "покачивать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "раскачиваться"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "menear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "contonear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "vicka"
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      "code": "unm",
      "lang": "Unami",
      "lang_code": "unm",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "këkchëkwi"
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vrikken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "tutina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "hytinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "hytke"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vrikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "rebolado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "pokačivanije",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "покачивание"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiggle"
}

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