wiggle
wiggle Lexical Profile
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• verb
To move or cause to move with short, quick movements from side to side or up and down.
"The physical therapist asked the patient to wiggle his toes to check his circulation."
To make one's way into, out of, or through a narrow space or difficult situation by shifting from side to side.
"The curious puppy managed to wiggle under the garden fence."
• noun
A short, quick movement from side to side or up and down.
"With a quick wiggle of its nose, the rabbit hopped across the garden."
A small, wavy or irregular line, curve, or fluctuation on a surface or graph.
"The seismograph recorded a tiny wiggle just before the main tremor struck."
• Rhymes for wiggle
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch wiggelen ('to sway, rock to and fro'), a frequentative form related to Old English wicelian ('to totter, stagger').