Wiggle
['wɪg(ə)l] or ['wɪɡl]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
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Definition
v.i. (prov.) to waggle wriggle.—n. a wiggling motion.—n. Wigg′ler one who wriggles.
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Examples
- The evergreen arch wouldn't stay firm after she got it up, but wiggled and threatened to tumble down on her head when the hanging baskets were filled. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- With infinite solicitude Professor Porter wiggled his right arm--joy! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I rushed to a sink, which was only half big enough, and got in as well as I could and wiggled around for several minutes to permit the water to dilute the acid and stop the pain. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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