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jiggles

verb , present tense third-person singular of jiggle

Synonyms and Antonyms of jiggles

1 to make a series of small irregular or violent movements

the gelatin salad continued to jiggle after she set it on the table

Synonyms of jiggles

agitates, buckets, convulses, jerks, joggles, jolts, jounces, judders [chiefly British], quakes, quivers, shakes, shudders, vibrates, wobbles (also wabbles)

Words Related to jiggles

rocks, sways, swings

chatters, quavers, shivers, thrills, trembles

dodders, wavers

flickers, fluctuates, flutters, oscillates, undulates, waves

beats, palpitates, pit-a-pats, pitter-patters, pulsates, pulses, throbs

2 to make jerky or restless movements

the applicant's knees constantly jiggled, betraying her nervousness

Synonyms of jiggles

fiddles, fidgets, jerks, jigs, squiggles, squirms, thrashes, threshes, tosses, twists, twitches, wiggles, wriggles, writhes

Words Related to jiggles

flits, flutters, twitters

quakes, quivers, shakes, shivers, shudders, trembles

Near Antonyms of jiggles

relaxes, rests, unwinds

calms (down), stills

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