| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | wig·gle |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  w g  l |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: wig·gled, wig·gling, wig·gles
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To move back and forth with quick irregular motions: The gelatin wiggled on the plate. 2a. To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle: wiggled restlessly in her chair; wiggled through the crowd. b. To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means: wiggled out of a social engagement. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions: wiggle a loose tooth. 2. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling: The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam. | | NOUN: | A wiggling movement or course. | | IDIOM: | get a wiggle on Slang To hurry or hurry up. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Low German wiggelen, to totter. See wegh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | wiggly —ADJECTIVE
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