jigging

verb

present participle of jig
as in twitching
to make jerky or restless movements the mother could tell that her little boy had to use the bathroom because he was jigging

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Recent Examples of jigging Fishing for striped bass near this kind of structure can be productive in the summer and fall, sometimes by employing vertical jigging with hefty spoons or soft plastics to entice fish patrolling the bottom. — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 The customers lined the rails, shoulder to shoulder, all jigging in unison to the classic rock that was blasting from the radio. — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026 Targeting inefficiencies in squid jigging Industrial squid fishing typically relies on a method known as jigging. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026 Notably, as Eric and Carol were chatting to Sara, BBC Studios was re-jigging its APAC division in order to bring Australia and Asia under one roof. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jigging
  1. twitching
  2. fidgeting
  3. tossing
  4. squirming
  5. jerking
  6. fiddling
  7. wiggling
  8. twisting
Verb
  • Green said his symptoms began when his feet started twitching in his sleep.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Somewhere, John Tortorella's eye is twitching with rage after that.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of twitching
Verb
  • Following this concern, 55% of parents said their top concern was their child’s ability to complete multistep tasks such as homework while 45% of parents cited fidgeting.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026
  • At about 45 minutes in, guests were looking at their phones and fidgeting in their seats.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 July 2026
Definition of fidgeting
Verb
  • Attacks every inch of the field Operating in an up-tempo version of the Air Raid, Mestemaker is a tall, fluid passer who isn’t shy tossing it all over the yard.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • That skirmish ended with multiple Saints players pushing Ezeiruaku to the ground and Saints offensive lineman Erik McCoy tossing Ezeiruaku’s helmet to the other side of the field.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of tossing
Verb
  • With the contact patch sliding and squirming, the brakes had less to work with—and the car took just enough extra distance to end in an impact.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Unless your companion could use a hand or is traveling with young kids (in the latter case, if this person also happens to be your spouse or partner, really not cool to leave them with the stroller, diaper bag, squirming kids).
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Definition of squirming
Verb
  • Stuttering lines, on the left, jerking up and down, denote the rattle of guns; on the right, the lines are all but flat, as silence descends.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Logan Howlett, got a tear-jerking send-off in James Mangold’s Logan.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026
Definition of jerking
Verb
  • The original Rowdy Rooster, a slim storefront on a scrappy East Village block, closed earlier this year, menu fiddling notwithstanding.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • The Fed's influence on credit and the economy is minimal; credit is produced by real-world productivity, not central bank fiddling.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of fiddling
Verb
  • Cueto was known for hesitating while in his pitching motion, or wiggling on the mound.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Getting both aligned so the cover properly locked took some wiggling on my part.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
Definition of wiggling
Verb
  • Raman effortlessly turned the mayor’s rhetorical traps around like Bugs Bunny twisting Elmer Fudd’s rifle right in his face.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Then, use the extra leverage to try twisting your jar open again.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of twisting

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