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wiggle

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɡəl/

The English word “wiggle” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
  2. To move with shaking or jiggling.

noun

  1. A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
  2. A dish that combines seafood and peas in a cream-based sauce.
  3. An alternating state or characteristic.
  4. See wiggles.

Etymology

From Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Dutch wigelen (“to wiggle”) and perhaps Middle Low German wigelen, frequentative of wiegen (“to rock”), from wiege (“cradle”). See wain, and Dutch wieg (“cradle”). Cognate to Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”), Low German wiggeln (“to wiggle”).

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