as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
the baby wiggled in her sleep
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Recent Examples of wiggle
Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
Aircraft struck mock enemy targets, tanks blasted live shells, soldiers wiggled their way through a frozen trench network and a bagpiper emerged from a smoke screen to waiting cameras.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
For extra wiggles, there are multiple playgrounds nearby, and the Chicago Children’s Museum is just a short 20-minute stroll away.
—Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Playoff staffs poke their dirty fingers into them and wiggle those digits like there’s no tomorrow.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
Aircraft struck mock enemy targets, tanks blasted live shells, soldiers wiggled their way through a frozen trench network and a bagpiper emerged from a smoke screen to waiting cameras.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
Williams is considerably lighter and has more wiggle.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
For extra wiggles, there are multiple playgrounds nearby, and the Chicago Children’s Museum is just a short 20-minute stroll away.
—Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggle
Verb
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Glancing away or fidgeting—Signals discomfort or disinterest.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Doing chores, playing with your kids and even fidgeting are all forms of NEAT.—
Melanie Radzicki McManus,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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James applies it directly onto the scalp after shampooing and conditioning, lifting hair section by section, gently giving hair a little shake to disperse it and then massaging it in with fingers.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Other Big Stories Image Frozen shakes sold to nursing homes and hospitals have been recalled.—
David Leonhardt,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In the footage, the faceless android is seen suspended from the ceiling, its limbs twitching and moving in an unsettlingly human-like manner.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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For example, dogs who love running might be twitching their paws while dreaming.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Joseph Quinn, the terrific British actor from A Quiet Place: Day One and Gladiator 2 (and our next Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four: First Steps), spends the bulk of this picture squirming in torment, emitting ear-splitting noises from deep within the pits of hell.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The sixth episode of The White Lotus Season 3 has critics stunned—and in some cases, squirming—after a grim hour that pushed creator Mike White's pitch-black satire to new depths.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rivers used that particular flick as his framing device, which makes sense to anyone who has long wondered the same thing.—
Sam Amick,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Jack Black is fired up and ready to rock on the first soundtrack song from his upcoming adventure flick A Minecraft Movie.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Patrick Daley Thompson Supreme Court tosses convictions on 2 counts for former 11th Ward Ald.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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As Meghan Trainor herself might suggest, simplifying laundry day can now be as effortless — and stylish — as tossing a single sheet into the washer.—
WWD,
WWD,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What a jerk! Neagley fares better, dispatching two button men sent to kill her in her Windy City high-rise office.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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If anyone other than Rudd were playing her selfish dad, audiences would be actively rooting for the jerk to get ’corned.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The unidentified woman who claimed Jay-Z raped her at a 2000 party said a recording released by his attorneys twisted her words, according to a report published last week.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Now a lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her own demons as the case twists through one shocking revelation after another.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Wiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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