wiggle

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɪɡəl/ Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Hyphenation: wig‧gle === Verb === wiggle (third-person singular simple present wiggles, present participle wiggling, simple past and past participle wiggled) (ambitransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === wiggle (plural wiggles) A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular. (figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (in the plural) See wiggles. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === References ===