The Collaborative Dictionary

Wiggle \Wig"gle\, v. t. & i. [Cf. Wag, v. t., Waggle.] To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Wiggle \Wig"gle\, n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Word Net

wiggle n : the act of wiggling [syn: wriggle, squirm] v : move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!" [syn: jiggle, joggle]

Moby Thesaurus

amble, barge, bowl along, bundle, clump, drag, fidget, flip out, flounce, flutter, foot, footslog, freak out on, get high on, glow, go pitapat, halt, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jerk, jog, jolt, jump, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, pace, paddle, palpitate, pant, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, quake, quaver, quiver, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble, shiver, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, squiggle, squirm, stagger, stalk, stamp, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swell, swell with emotion, swing, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement, tittup, toddle, toss, toss and turn, totter, traipse, tremble, trip, trudge, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, waddle, wag, waggle, wamble, wobble, worm, wriggle, writhe

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡəl

Verb

1. or To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle

   The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.

Derived terms

• wiggly

Translations

• Finnish: heiluttaa
• French: fretiller, se tortiller
• Spanish: menear, contonear
• Swedish: vicka

Noun

1. A wiggling movement

   She walked with a sexy wiggle.

Wiggle may refer to:

• A member of The Wiggles, an Australian children's band
• Wiggle (album), by Screeching Weasel
• Wiggle (Irish band), an Irish Dub band from Cork