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—jiggler, n./jig"euhl/, v., jiggled, jiggling, n.v.t., v.i.1. to move up and down or to and fro with short, quick jerks.n.2. a jiggling movement.[1835-40; JIG2 + -LE]
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Jiggle — Jig gle, v. i. [Freq. of jig.] To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jiggle — (v.) 1836, from JIG (Cf. jig) (q.v.) + le, frequentative suffix. Related: Jiggled; jiggling. As a noun, from 1840 … Etymology dictionary
jiggle — [v] bounce up and down agitate, bob, fidget, jerk, jig, jigger, jog, joggle, shake, shimmer, shimmy, twitch, vellicate, wiggle; concepts 150,152 … New thesaurus
jiggle — ► VERB ▪ move lightly and quickly from side to side or up and down. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of jiggling. DERIVATIVES jiggly adjective. ORIGIN partly an alteration of JOGGLE(Cf. ↑joggle), reinforced by JIG(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
jiggle — [jig′əl] vt., vi. jiggled, jiggling [dim. or freq. of JIG1, v.vi. vt.] to move in a succession of quick, slight jerks; rock lightly n. a jiggling movement … English World dictionary
jiggle — UK [ˈdʒɪɡ(ə)l] / US verb Word forms jiggle : present tense I/you/we/they jiggle he/she/it jiggles present participle jiggling past tense jiggled past participle jiggled a) [intransitive] to move slightly up and down or from side to side more than … English dictionary
jiggle — 1. noun /ˈdʒɪɡəl/ a weak, shaking movement. Give the key a jiggle and see if it opens. 2. verb /ˈdʒɪɡəl/ a) To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle … Wiktionary
jiggle — [[t]ʤɪ̱g(ə)l[/t]] jiggles, jiggling, jiggled 1) VERB If you jiggle something, you move it quickly up and down or from side to side. [INFORMAL] [V n] He jiggled the doorknob noisily. 2) VERB To jiggle around means to move quickly up and down or… … English dictionary
jiggle — verb (jiggled; jiggling) Etymology: frequentative of 2jig Date: 1836 transitive verb to cause to move with quick little jerks or oscillating motions intransitive verb to move from or as if from being jiggled • jiggle noun • jiggly adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Jiggle — This unusual and interesting name is a variant form of the name Jekyll , itself of Breton or Cornish origin and deriving from a Celtic personal name, in Old Breton Indicael , composed of elements meaning Lord , with generous, bountiful . The name … Surnames reference
jiggle — verb Jiggle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑jelly … Collocations dictionary
