as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
the baby wiggled in her sleep
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Recent Examples of wiggle
Jack Dunn, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Your shoes should have a good amount of cushioning in the midsole, fit securely around the ankles and have a toe box with enough room to wiggle your toes.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
For extra wiggles, there are multiple playgrounds nearby, and the Chicago Children’s Museum is just a short 20-minute stroll away.
—Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The prosthetic is fully functional and can expressively wiggle at the tip with a tug of an extra long puppet string.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Your shoes should have a good amount of cushioning in the midsole, fit securely around the ankles and have a toe box with enough room to wiggle your toes.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
Williams is considerably lighter and has more wiggle.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
For extra wiggles, there are multiple playgrounds nearby, and the Chicago Children’s Museum is just a short 20-minute stroll away.
—Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggle
Verb
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Minimize distracting habits like fidgeting, checking your watch, or tapping your fingers.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Glancing away or fidgeting—Signals discomfort or disinterest.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mango Lassi: Non-alcoholic frozen mango and yogurt shake.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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Shields Date Garden Known for its high quality dates, charming café, mail order business, and delicious date shakes, Shields Date Garden opened in 1924.—
Pat Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Kirk says that when a cat experiences changes in air pressure, which can also happen while riding in a car, their ears may move or twitch in response.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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That ratio is naturally reversed here, though the director drops in a few snippets of the actual team near the beginning and the end, including a grainy, chilling shot of the real Lemons twitching near the ocean floor.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Joseph Quinn, the terrific British actor from A Quiet Place: Day One and Gladiator 2 (and our next Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four: First Steps), spends the bulk of this picture squirming in torment, emitting ear-splitting noises from deep within the pits of hell.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The sixth episode of The White Lotus Season 3 has critics stunned—and in some cases, squirming—after a grim hour that pushed creator Mike White's pitch-black satire to new depths.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Co-starring Jason Manoa, the Warner Bros/Legendary adaptation of the addictive video game took videogame flicks to the next level with an opening weekend haul of $260 million.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2025
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Grande has released a short film to promote the set, an emotional 26-minute mini-sci-fi flick also called Brighter Days Ahead.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Nathan tossed the black backpack into a trash can, Seraphine said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
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Simpson visited the Menendez family’s home in the 1970s, even tossing a football with Lyle in the backyard.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But this Ron Howard was an alternate universe version of Ron Howard, who instead of being notoriously nice, is sort of a jerk.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Someone actually just said to me that all the men in the book are jerks.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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On his podcast, Wright talked about how his comments were twisted.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2025
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Dawn broke to reveal its source: a long, narrow ridge of jagged ice that had mysteriously arisen across the lake’s surface, meandering like the spiked back of a twisting dragon.—
Martin Fackler,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Wiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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