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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Any dairy farmer can tell you that biting flies are a pestilent scourge for cattle herds, which is why one so often sees cows throwing their heads, stamping their feet, flicking their tails, and twitching their skin—desperately trying to shake off the nasty creatures.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
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Prior to the 2024 incident, Mangione reportedly shared information on Reddit about a number of health issues, including struggles with back pain, brain fog, and twitching leg muscles.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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Applause intermingled with tears as the families of the Camp Mystic campers and counselors looked on, many with small children fidgeting in their Sunday-best attire behind the governor.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Trump allies immediately accused Comey of threatening the president’s life as the number 86 can often refer to getting rid of or tossing something out, while 47 corresponds to Trump’s current term in office as the 47th president.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Maye hit completions of seven yards, then eight, 11, 15 and five more yards before tossing a touchdown pass to Hunter Henry to open the fourth quarter.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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Still, Sabbath sounded amazing, the band’s distinctive vibe of limitless cosmic encumbrance, of Man squirming under the thumb of Fate, God, madness—the essential heavy-metal vision—somehow magnified by the venerable wobbliness of its playing.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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With net in hand, the future microbial geochemist dredged up seaweed and mud squirming with snails, crab larvae and other small invertebrates.—
Laura Poppick,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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He, too, was bowled over by the film's tear-jerking finale.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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With an epic Oscar-winning title song by Streisand and tear-jerking scenes aplenty, this film is a perennial favorite and often referred to in pop culture.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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The party that fails this test will be remembered — if at all — as the one fiddling while Rome was automated.—
Matt K. Lewis,
Twin Cities,
19 Aug. 2025
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Haggard was fiddling on the new strings when Marian, Dad’s mother, who’d taken over as the store’s bookkeeper, walked by.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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The dogs couldn't stand still, wiggling their bodies enthusiastically.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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To train the decoder, each person would imagine a series of different movements (like moving their whole right arm or wiggling their left thumb) while the researchers looked at the data coming from the electrodes and tried to find the most obvious and reliable signal.—
Eliza Strickland,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Feb. 2017
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The incenses were twisting in the air, the different smokes braiding themselves like hair in Coraline’s gloved fingers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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For families, the massive pool, complete with twisting water slides and splash pads, is a major draw.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Jigging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jigging. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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