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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.
—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiggle
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Hernández said Rossi Ydrogo had just called his brother in Caracas 20 minutes before the earth started to shake.
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In Venezuela, rescue teams have been racing against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira last Wednesday.
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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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Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene.
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Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.
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However, first base umpire Todd Tichenor tossed the agitated second baseman after Chisholm spiked his helmet toward home plate.
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Marlins starter Ryan Gusto tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings before giving way to John King (6-1), who threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings against his former team.
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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 30 Jun. 2026.
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