jiggle
verb (used with or without object)
to move up and down or to and fro with short, quick jerks.
had been jiggling
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past perfect progressiveof jiggle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Hotly denying that he had been jiggling Bellanca or any other stock, Broker Meehan prepared to defend himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
I brought out my garbage-can washing machine and rinsed clothes that had been jiggling in detergent for two days.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
