English Explanatory Dictionary

wiggle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
noun
  1. A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
  2. An alternating state or characteristic.
  3. See wiggles.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪɡəl/ En-us-wiggle.ogg

Word forms

wiggle wiggles wiggling wiggled

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”).

Derived words

get a wiggle on squiggle wiggle dress wiggle out of wiggler wiggle room wiggle seat wigglesome wiggle worm wiggly
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