as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
the baby wiggled in her sleep
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Recent Examples of wiggle
Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 May 2026
Advertisement Not every variety-show booking delighted every viewer (just ask the stiffs who hyperventilated when Elvis wiggled his hips on Sullivan’s stage), but there was enough, most nights, to captivate tens of millions of them.
—Judy Berman, Time, 22 May 2026
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
And there was-- there was a wiggle.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Don’t twist or wiggle it and follow up by washing the area with soap and clean water.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 May 2026
Advertisement Not every variety-show booking delighted every viewer (just ask the stiffs who hyperventilated when Elvis wiggled his hips on Sullivan’s stage), but there was enough, most nights, to captivate tens of millions of them.
—Judy Berman, Time, 22 May 2026
Noun
If a device frequently drops connection and can be fixed with a wiggle, there’s a good chance something is wearing out in the cable.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
And there was-- there was a wiggle.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggle
Verb
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Rafa starts to fidget around noon before mama is supposed to meet us for her lunch break.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Pekara said hospital surveillance footage captured him fidgeting under the blanket.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Carefully pour 3/4 cup coconut milk and 1 1/4 cups water down the side of the skillet and give the pan a shake to submerge the rice.—
Emily Weinstein,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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There are also croissants, sandwiches and shakes.—
Fielding Buck,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Many a club’s board would have twitched in the face of the bare data, but the chain of command above Arteta stayed the course, and the FOMO is so high that tickets for Palace away this weekend are going for £45,000 ($60,000) on resale sites.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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It’s not made explicitly clear if these seemingly sympathetic kids are actually his worst bullies, but Machado-Graner’s eyes, lip twitch, and throat gulp in this short sequence tell a whole story in themselves.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Japanese-style cheesecakes, sometimes called soufflé cheesecakes, have risen in popularity in recent years thanks, in part, to social media, where their jiggle and airy texture have helped turn the pie into a viral treat.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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That base gets set with just enough gelatin to give it a jiggle yet not enough to resist a spoon.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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With trainers immediately sprinting to the mound to check on Major, the former West Virginia pitcher could be seen squirming on the ground in serious pain.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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The boy is screaming, squirming.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
Noun
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There’s this quote from this Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid flick.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2026
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The low-budget horror flick, directed by YouTuber Kane Parsons, hit $100 million on Wednesday after just six days in theaters — a rare feat for any arthouse film.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The third-base umpire tossed Angels reliever Brent Suter and Rays pitchers Steven Wilson and Manuel Rodríguez from the late-afternoon game at Tropicana Field.—
Chantz Martin OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Various objects had been tossed from the two-level porch and lay scattered across the grass.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
Noun
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His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows, and his house burns down.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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These measurements enabled scientists to identify sudden changes linked to the Pacific reversal and a geomagnetic disturbance known as the 2017 geomagnetic jerk.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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“Wiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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