jiggle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
noun
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Present
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jigglesimple
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jigglessimple
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have jiggledperfect
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has jiggledperfect
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am jigglingprogressive
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are jigglingprogressive
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is jigglingprogressive
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have been jigglingperfect progressive
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has been jigglingperfect progressive
Past
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jiggledsimple
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had jiggledperfect
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was jigglingprogressive
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were jigglingprogressive
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had been jigglingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of jiggle
Explanation
To jiggle is to move very quickly back and forth or up and down. If you ride in a car over bumpy roads holding a bowl of Jello on your lap, you can watch it jiggle until you reach your destination. You might feel your body jiggle when you ride on a galloping horse, and you can also jiggle something, like when you accidentally jiggle a chess board and send the pieces flying. The action of moving in this way is a jiggle. Jiggle comes from jig, "lively dance," and is probably an alteration of the earlier joggle, "move with jerks or small bobs."
Example Sentences
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Louis Theroux's viral rap track Jiggle Jiggle has been named one of the most-played songs of the year on TikTok.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022
The 51-year-old son of novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux debuted his “My Money Don’t Jiggle, Jiggle, It Folds” rap on a 2000 episode of his docuseries “Weird Weekends.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2022
You can turn entire home screen pages on or off depending on your mood in iOS 14 Jiggle mode and editing pages Look, I’m calling it jiggle mode.
From The Verge • Jun. 24, 2020
Actually, it is analogous to an Alexander Calder mobile: Jiggle something here, things wiggle way over there, and there, and there.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2019
Jiggle In Bolivar, N. Y. 400 quarts of nitroglycerin exploded, shook the countryside.
From Time Magazine Archive
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