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. [1913 Webster]

wiggle, n.

Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

wiggle, v. & n. colloq.
--v.intr. & tr. move or cause to move quickly from side to side etc.
--n. an act of wiggling.

Derivative

wiggler n.

Etymology

ME f. MLG & MDu. wiggelen: cf. WAG(1), WAGGLE

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THESAURUS

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

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