jigging

present participle of jig

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jigging
Verb
  • 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, 18 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Then layer the bulbs as described above, tossing organic fertilizer into the bottom of each layer to support root growth.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Fey then entered to rock music, tossing her semiautomatic weapon aside.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Sounds like the plot of a tear-jerking movie, no?
    David Oliver, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • But in private, Arthur advises her to exercise a little more discretion in her, um, fiddling.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • The dogs couldn't stand still, wiggling their bodies enthusiastically.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Subaru’s rural test site didn’t lend itself to the stop and go city driving where hybrids shine, but the Crosstrek’s extra power was apparent on twisting mountain roads.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • When the sprouts are 5 to 6 inches long, remove the slips by twisting them off the potato or cutting the potato into sections between each sprout.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Jigging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jigging. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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