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as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the gelatin salad continued to jiggle after she set it on the table
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as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
the applicant's knees constantly jiggled, betraying her nervousness
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Recent Examples of jiggle
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
Portale also points out that the mattress doesn’t squeak or jiggle when her cat jumps on the bed in the middle of the night.
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Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.
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Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Verb
In our everyday world, particles are always jiggling and rotating due to their thermal energy.
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
Portale also points out that the mattress doesn’t squeak or jiggle when her cat jumps on the bed in the middle of the night.
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Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.
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Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.
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Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiggle
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The early goal from Germany was a bit demoralizing for the South American team, but Nilson Angulo was able to shake it off with a beautiful shot in the ninth minute to equalize.
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Any worries about complacency were wiped away in the third minute when Auston Trusty fired home the opening goal and caused the stands at SoFi Stadium to shake (literally) with the noise and jumping fans.
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In addition to having lofty themes, this is also a fairly rousing adventure with enough visual panache to keep any kid from fidgeting in his seat.
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A lot of those people have Victoria Baumann and Charlie Moreton to thank, the father-daughter duo behind Victoria Essie Studio that produces fidget toys and other knickknacks out of their homes in North Carolina.
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Not like my boyfriend’s family’s doorbell, with its complicated, seven-tone church melody that gives you spiritual chills and causes you to quiver excitedly.
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Up high, fresh laundry quivers in the breeze like bunting, pegged precariously to twine stretched taut between windows.
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Don’t twist or jerk the tick, which can cause the mouth to break off in your skin.
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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.
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In both cases, tornadoes about 200 yards wide traveled roughly 2 miles, toppling trees, tossing lawn furniture and knocking down power lines.
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MartÃn Pérez was on the mound for the home team, a soft-tossing veteran lefty who was pumping in 89-mph sinkers.
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Be a good child, do what they’re told, be the best child, a tremble in their hands, say nothing, tensed for the knock on the door.
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Ultimately, the recent market trembles reveal less about the immediate dangers of AI and more about the precarious psychology of modern trading.
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A lot of people are upset by the notion of bringing cage fights to the White House, shuddering at the bad taste of it all.
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Design practices Not knowing ahead of time what lunar explorers may face is an unsure, shuddering proposition.
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There is something cultish about that idea — the player who tends not to start but has the knack to appear later on with antennae twitching, ready to seize the day and alter the course of a match.
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Leon Stetson was allegedly twitching, so officers moved him away from Carrie Stetson and started to render medical aid.
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“Jiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiggle. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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