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as in shakes
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 tosses
to make jerky or restless movements
the applicant's knees constantly jiggled, betraying her nervousness
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Recent Examples of jiggles
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
Bake in preheated oven until biscuits are deeply golden brown and middle is no longer liquid-like but still jiggles slightly, 50 minutes to 1 hour.
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Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Bake until lemon curd is set but still jiggles slightly when gently shaken, 18–24 minutes.
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Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
Bake in preheated oven until biscuits are deeply golden brown and middle is no longer liquid-like but still jiggles slightly, 50 minutes to 1 hour.
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Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiggles
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The Korean switch-on diet combines low-carb meals, protein shakes, and intermittent fasting.
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Huel offers nutritionally complete protein shakes as meal replacements.
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This would avoid a repeat of the Champions League final in May, which saw Paris Saint-Germain win both coin tosses to decide the end they were taken from and their order.
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The unanimous appeals court decision tosses a February district court ruling that ordered the National Parks Service (NPS) to restore the panels that were removed from the site.
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Miami businesswoman Gisela Rojas was on vacation in Venezuela when the first tremors of two massive earthquakes hit the central and northern parts of the country last week.
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Choose Baits with Vibration Lipless crankbaits earn their keep each spring, as their shuddering motion creates the bait-mimicking tremors to which bass respond.
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In a viral video of the aftermath, the robot jerks back and forth to shake the glass off, showering yet more dangerous shards onto the sidewalk.
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Ross’s video does not show if the SUV made contact with him, as the camera angle jerks up to the sky.
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The man fidgets, shifts around in his seat and fixates on Zarutska before pulling out a small knife and striking her multiple times around her neck.
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This is sending shivers down the spines of regular Democrats, who now sheepishly admit the party has been turned over to the left-wing loons.
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The warning that exuberant investors might not be quite rational sent temporary shivers through global stock markets.
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The American flag has never been among those Davis shudders to make.
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Nothing much really happens in this movie after Philip’s initial arrest, but the world viscerally shudders under Lucy’s feet every time one of her husband’s alibis falls apart.
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Persistent muscle twitches Everyone’s muscles twitch from time to time, usually at various locations.
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Some devices, for example, track eye movements or other small muscle twitches to let users select words from a screen.
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“Jiggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiggles. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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