"wiggle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪɡəl/ Audio: En-us-wiggle.ogg 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”). 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”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wiggle (plural wiggles)
  1. A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular. Translations (wiggling movement): hikol-hikol (Bikol Central), vrikken [neuter] (Danish), tutina (Finnish), hytinä (Finnish), hytke (Finnish), vrikk [neuter] (Norwegian), rebolado (Portuguese), покачивание (pokačivanije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wiggle-en-noun-~-e52bkp Disambiguation of 'wiggling movement': 90 4 6
  2. (figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-wiggle-en-noun-1d1I~LVS
  3. (in the plural) See wiggles. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-wiggle-en-noun-mm4eZMsY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: get a wiggle on, squiggle, wiggle dress, wiggle out of, wiggler, wiggle room, wiggle seat, wigglesome, wiggle worm, wiggly

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪɡəl/ Audio: En-us-wiggle.ogg 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”). 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”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wiggle (third-person singular simple present wiggles, present participle wiggling, simple past and past participle wiggled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to move with irregular motions): hikol-hikol (Bikol Central), мърдам (mǎrdam) (Bulgarian), шавам (šavam) (Bulgarian), въртя се (vǎrtja se) (Bulgarian), 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 (Maori), vrikke (Norwegian), rebolar (Portuguese), sacolejar (Portuguese), покачивать (pokačivatʹ) (Russian), раскачиваться (raskačivatʹsja) (Russian), menear (Spanish), contonear (Spanish), vicka (Swedish)
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Inflected forms

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        {
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          "word": "tutista"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "hytisyttää"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "frétiller"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "se tortiller"
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          "roman": "kneva",
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          "word": "ქნევა"
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "schlängeln"
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "schwänzeln"
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          "word": "wackeln"
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "hin und her wackeln"
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          "word": "ring"
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          "word": "csóvál"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "mozgat"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "ringat"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "pīonioni"
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "vrikke"
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "rebolar"
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          "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
          "word": "sacolejar"
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          "word": "покачивать"
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          "word": "раскачиваться"
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          "word": "menear"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "шавам"
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      "roman": "vǎrtja se",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "въртя се"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "vrikke"
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "wiebelen"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "svingeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "tytistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "hytistä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "tutista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "hytkyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hyllyä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "hytisyttää"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "tutisuttaa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "frétiller"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "se tortiller"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "abanear"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "kneva",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "ქნევა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ქიცინი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "schlängeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "schwänzeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "wackeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "hin und her wackeln"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ficánkol"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "ring"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "ringatózik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "hullámzik"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "csóvál"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "mozgat"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "ringat"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "pīonioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "vrikke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "rebolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "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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      "roman": "raskačivatʹsja",
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      "word": "раскачиваться"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "menear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "contonear"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to move with irregular motions",
      "word": "vicka"
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      "word": "get a wiggle on"
    },
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      "word": "squiggle"
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      "word": "wiggle dress"
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      "word": "wiggle out of"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiggler"
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    {
      "word": "wiggle room"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiggle seat"
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    {
      "word": "wigglesome"
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      "word": "wiggle worm"
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      "word": "wiggly"
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      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "hikol-hikol"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "vrikken"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "tutina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "hytinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "hytke"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "vrikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "word": "rebolado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokačivanije",
      "sense": "wiggling movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "покачивание"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiggle"
}

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