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wiggles

  • plural
    of wiggle.
    wiggle
    verb (used without object)
    to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side.
  • present tense form
    of wiggle (3rd person singular).
    wiggle
    verb (used without object)
    to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side.

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Occasionally the wiggles get bigger and that can result in big curves in the flow - like a meandering river.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

"We then look at this dance through a microscope with a camera and decode from the wiggles what the robots are saying to us. It's very similar to how honey bees communicate with each other."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026

“If you look at a video of a real baby primate, they have the exact same wiggles and imperfections,” says the filmmaker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Rather than set in stone, this race wiggles like Jello.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024

Darkness wiggles its horrible fingers and tries to grab.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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