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as in shaking
a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side the nerve-rattling jiggling we got when we drove over the railroad tracks

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adjective

jiggling

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verb

present participle of jiggle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiggling
Verb
  • Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Your ruler Mercury will also station retrograde in Sagittarius—your seventh house of partnerships—on November 9, revealing all the ways your desires for independence may be shaking things up with up your closest allies and enemies.
    Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • Electronic sounds, sounds moving through water, sounds experienced through vibration—deaf expertise was one form among many in this slippery medium (newly manipulable with cheap digital tools).
    Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In manufacturing, experienced operators can detect potential equipment failures through subtle changes in vibration or sound that novices might overlook.
    Rajesh Rajagopalan, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • After three consecutive drives ended in a punt following Rodgers’ interception, the 41-year-old led the Jets down the field, tossing his first touchdown pass since Week 16 and the 500th of his career.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Before tossing them in the trash, check in with your local homeless shelter, food pantry, or other non-profit as these organizations often have need for travel-sized toiletries.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • All this time, a smiling, doddering old man in a tuxedo had been ambling about, tending to guests and waiting on tables.
    Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Their journey of friendship and rivalry is the emotional core of a story that is startlingly political, a leap made effectively by Jeff Goldblum’s dodgy, smarmy and doddering Wizard, who’s ably assisted by the darkly dangerous aide de camp Michelle Yeoh.
    Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Not literal strings, of course—but tiny loops or snippets of vibrating energy.
    Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Because everything is moving, everything vibrating in one great dance that is the act of becoming.
    Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Granted that a 1 degree Celsius change in world average temperature can translate into a 4-degree Celsius increase in some of the most climate precarious countries, this last scenario is frightening.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Against an unstable, precarious world, designers forged ahead making clothes for future versions of us—six months into the future, but into the future nonetheless.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Responding to a question from Newsweek, Adams shared three strategies for hospitals and health care providers working to effectively communicate public health information in a second Trump term, one with an infirm position on vaccines and possible cuts to major health care programs.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Threat level: Cover your plants, drip your faucets and bring in your pets — and check on your neighbors, especially ones who are infirm.
    Asher Price, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Jiggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiggling. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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