"jiggle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jiggle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: jiggles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Etymology: From jig + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|jig|le|pos2=frequentative suffix}} jig + -le (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} jiggle (plural jiggles)
  1. A relatively weak shaking movement.
    Sense id: en-jiggle-en-noun-gIRoE2ky Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 33 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 47 34 19

Verb

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: {{suffix|en|jig|le|pos2=frequentative suffix}} 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': 84 16
  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), hīkaikai (note: of restless feet) (Maori), agitar (Portuguese), трясти́сь (trjastísʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-jiggle-en-verb-ZDRUQhSa Disambiguation of 'To shake, rattle, or wiggle': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jiggle physics, jiggle television, jiggler, jiggly

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of restless feet",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "hīkaikai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "agitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjastísʹ",
      "sense": "To shake, rattle, or wiggle",
      "word": "трясти́сь"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jiggle"
}

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