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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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
McClure heard the sounds of the crying deer, then wiggled the fawn from the fence to reunite it with its mother, the video shows.
—Mike Stunson
july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
Cj Moore, New York Times, 20 June 2025
And the researchers sought to conduct this work in a way that would account for every wiggle in the trove of seismic data, a laborious process.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
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Verb
For 48 hours, Woodhouse couldn't even wiggle a toe and was completely paralyzed on the right side.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
McClure heard the sounds of the crying deer, then wiggled the fawn from the fence to reunite it with its mother, the video shows.
—Mike Stunson
july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
Noun
Not fast enough and doesn’t have enough wiggle to be able to really get by you at that level.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 20 June 2025
And the researchers sought to conduct this work in a way that would account for every wiggle in the trove of seismic data, a laborious process.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Wiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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