jiggle
verb (used with or without object)
to move up and down or to and fro with short, quick jerks.
was jiggling
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past progressiveof jiggle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Which is why there’s so much debate about whether Ralph Yarl was jiggling the knob or whatever.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023
The last dinner Wendy Dolin had with her husband, Stewart, he was so agitated that he was jiggling his leg under the table and could barely sit still.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2017
It was incredibly technical and complicated, and everyone just felt really seasick, because the train was jiggling around and moving but going nowhere.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2016
Varma and Littlewood identified their superconducting Higgs in the same way, by recognizing that a wave of slightly displaced atoms was jiggling the superconducting field.
From Nature ● Mar. 27, 2013
It was jiggling with delight at the prospect of telling Mama and Daddy about my day.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
