jiggle

verb

jig·gle | \ ˈji-gəl

jiggled; jiggling\ ˈji-g(ə-)liŋ

Definition of jiggle

transitive verb

: to cause to move with quick little jerks or oscillating motions

intransitive verb

: to move from or as if from being jiggled

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Examples of jiggle in a Sentence

Try to avoid jiggling the camera. His belly jiggled like a bowlful of jelly.

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Munk knows just how to jiggle the handles so a customer falls off the bull without looking too foolish in front of his or her date. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "Follow the smell of deep-fried Twinkies. Soon you’ll be at the San Mateo fair," 7 June 2019 Transfer baking sheet with pie to oven and bake until edges puff and center jiggles only slightly when shaken, 40-50 minutes. 4. — Lisa Ludwinski, WSJ, "Pies That Bind: Thanksgiving Recipes From the Heartland," 15 Nov. 2018 That meaning the wave itself jiggles up and down faster. — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, "A New Microscopic Camera Lets Us Peer Inside All the Things We Normally Can't See," 3 June 2016 Throughout our conversation, Cardi has been jiggling her leg up and down like a schoolkid. — Harper's BAZAAR, "Cardi B Opens Up About Her "Rags to Riches" Cinderella Story," 7 Feb. 2019 The only difference is that the crystals are jiggling without using any energy, without any tap. — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, "Scientists Create A New Kind Of Matter: Time Crystals," 28 Jan. 2017 The refractive index of a material is generated by the electrons jiggling about in response to the incoming light field. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Gas jets make beautiful lens for light we can’t normally focus," 21 Dec. 2018 The door jiggled, which Eldridge believed was the shooter trying to get in. — Amanda Seitz, The Seattle Times, "Chicago hospital shooting claims 3 lives; gunman also dead," 19 Nov. 2018 Trusting the popper Roasting a turkey is not something most of us do regularly and tricks like jiggling the leg, using the 15-minutes-a-pound rule, or even keeping your eye on that plastic popper are just not exact enough. — Susan Westmoreland, Good Housekeeping, "The 8 Biggest Mistakes You Make When Cooking a Turkey," 19 Nov. 2018

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