VERB | motion | wiggle, jiggle, joggle | move to and fro |
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NOUN | act | wiggle, wriggle, squirm | the act of wiggling |
Sounds | wih'gahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | The act of wiggling. | |
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Synonyms | wriggle, squirm | |
Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
Spanish | contoneo, meneo, retorcimiento | |
Catalan | remenada | |
Adjectives | wiggly | moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion |
Verbs | wiggle | move to and fro |
Meaning | Move to and fro. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | jiggle, joggle | |
Narrower | wag, waggle | Move from side to side |
Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
Spanish | contonear, marear, menearse, menear, sacudir, zangolotear | |
Catalan | bellugar-se, moure, remenar, sacsar, sacsejar, sotraguejar | |
Nouns | wiggle | the act of wiggling |
wiggler | terrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil | |
wiggler | larva of a mosquito | |
wiggler | one who can't stay still (especially a child) |
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