Wiggle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wiggle \Wig"gle\, v. t. & i. [Cf. {Wag}, v. t., {Waggle}.]
     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. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wiggle \Wig"gle\, n.
     Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wiggle
       n : the act of wiggling [syn: {wriggle}, {squirm}]
       v : move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse
           is putting on the bandage!" [syn: {jiggle}, {joggle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "wiggle":
     amble, barge, bowl along, bundle, clump, drag, fidget, flip out,
     flounce, flutter, foot, footslog, freak out on, get high on, glow,
     go pitapat, halt, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave,
     hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jerk, jog, jolt, jump, limp,
     lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, pace, paddle, palpitate, pant, peg,
     piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, quake, quaver, quiver, rack, roll,
     sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble, shiver,
     shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch,
     squiggle, squirm, stagger, stalk, stamp, stomp, straddle, straggle,
     stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swell, swell with emotion,
     swing, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement,
     tittup, toddle, toss, toss and turn, totter, traipse, tremble,
     trip, trudge, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter,
     waddle, wag, waggle, wamble, wobble, worm, wriggle, writhe