Synonyms of wiggling

wiggling

verb

present participle of wiggle

as in twitching

to make jerky or restless movements

the baby wiggled in her sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• twitching
• fidgeting
• squirming
• tossing
• jerking
• twisting
• fiddling
• writhing
• jiggling
• wriggling
• trembling
• shivering
• shaking
• jigging
• squiggling
• quivering
• thrashing
• threshing
• fluttering
• shuddering
• flitting
• quaking
• twittering
• pacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resting
• relaxing
• unwinding
• calming (down)
• stilling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wiggling

Burrow appeared to celebrate one of the touchdowns by imitating a celebration by Brazil soccer great Neymar, who used to play for Barcelona, holding his hands beside his helmet and wiggling his fingers. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

Intravenous lines can fail for several reasons, like a needle and catheter not being properly placed in a vein or wiggling out of place — or a vein rupturing and letting blood and IV fluid leak into tissue surrounding the IV site. — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Upon closer examination, beats like the ones that Fleming’s team described turned out to reflect not quantum coherence, but a resonance between wiggling molecular bonds. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026

Rodents can measure tight spaces, feel nearby walls, and map out their surroundings by quickly wiggling their whiskers. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Some of this year’s winners and honorable mentions included tiny jellyfish larvae swimming inside water droplets, a colorful sea slug wiggling along and many different forms of cells exploring their microscopic worlds. — Adrianne Morales, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2026

Cueto was known for hesitating while in his pitching motion, or wiggling on the mound. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

Getting both aligned so the cover properly locked took some wiggling on my part. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Pull Gently Once the soil is broken up, use your hands to grab the carrots where the greens meet the root, and pull straight up while wiggling slightly. — Aviva Patz, Martha Stewart, 16 June 2026