wiggled; wiggling
ˈwi-g(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle
2
: to proceed with or as if with twisting and turning movements : wriggle
: to cause to wiggle
Examples of wiggle in a Sentence
Verb
The puppy wiggled with excitement.
the baby wiggled in her sleep
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 May 2025
The magnets drive a membrane that rapidly wiggles back and forth, pushing on the surrounding air.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 14 May 2025
And Hampton, a 221-pound hammer with speed and wiggle, can be both at the same time.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Take a soft spatula and run it around the rim of the pancake to release it from the pan and then wiggle the spatula underneath to flip it.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 May 2025
The magnets drive a membrane that rapidly wiggles back and forth, pushing on the surrounding air.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
The song blew up partly because people devised a choreography for it, and a user deployed AI to make The Beastly Senior wiggle to it.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 14 May 2025
And Hampton, a 221-pound hammer with speed and wiggle, can be both at the same time.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Wiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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