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Wiggle and Waggle Definitions

Wiggle

To move back and forth with quick irregular motions
The gelatin wiggled on the plate.

Waggle

To move (an attached part, for example) with short, quick motions
Waggled her foot impatiently.

Wiggle

To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle
Wiggled restlessly in her chair.
Wiggled through the crowd.

Waggle

To move shakily; wobble
Waggled down the steps.

Wiggle

To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means
Wiggled out of a social engagement.
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Waggle

A wobbling motion.

Wiggle

To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions
Wiggle a loose tooth.

Waggle

(transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.

Wiggle

To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling
The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam.

Waggle

(intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
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Wiggle

A wiggling movement or course.

Waggle

A wobbling motion.
Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.

Wiggle

To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.
Her hips wiggle as she walks.
The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.

Waggle

(golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.

Wiggle

A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
She walked with a sexy wiggle.

Waggle

To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
Why do you go nodding and waggling so?

Wiggle

(figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. en

Waggle

To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail.

Wiggle

(in the plural) See wiggles.

Waggle

A waggling or wagging;

Wiggle

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.

Waggle

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Wiggle

Act of wiggling; a wriggle.

Waggle

Move from side to side;
The happy dog wagged his tail

Wiggle

The act of wiggling

Waggle

Move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

Wiggle

Move to and fro;
Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!

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