Definitions for wiggle

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wiggle wig·gle

Spelling: [wig-uh l]

IPA: /ˈwɪg əl/

Wiggle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in wiggle (eggilw).

Definitions for wiggle

noun

1. a wiggling movement or course.
2. a wiggly line.
3. a dish of creamed fish or shellfish and peas.

Idioms

1. get a wiggle on, Informal. to hurry up; get a move on:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to wiggle; move quickly and irregularly from side to side.

verb (used without object)

1. to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side:

Origin of wiggle

1175-1225; Middle English wiglen; akin to Old English wegan to move, wēg motion, wicga insect; compare Norwegian vigla to totter, frequentative of vigga to rock oneself, Dutch, Low German wig

Examples for wiggle

He was so surprised by losing the vote that he overreacted and left himself no wiggle room.

wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.

But she surprised these cops just as she had the officers back in December, when she managed to wiggle free of a handcuff.

Bound by teachings on same-sex marriage, yes, but there was apparently some wiggle room on the issue of marriage in general.

wiggle appeared to claim the locust as a souvenir of the scout's magic.

Why are we still listening to songs like “wiggle” on the radio?

wiggle, appearing to sense the situation, began to bark up-roariously.

The lantern light was extinguished but she did not remember the lantern, or wiggle.

Mr. Ellsworth, Pee-wee's scoutmaster, would have said that wiggle lacked method.

We have made a drawing of wiggle No. 11, and send it to you.