wiggle

v., -gled, -gling, -gles.

v.intr.

1. To move back and forth with quick irregular motions: The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
2. 1. To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle: wiggled restlessly in her chair; wiggled through the crowd.
   2. To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means: wiggled out of a social engagement.

v.tr.

1. To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions: wiggle a loose tooth.
2. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling: The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam.

n.
A wiggling movement or course.

idiom:

get a wiggle on Slang.

1. To hurry or hurry up.

[Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Low German wiggelen, to totter.]

wiggly wig'gly adj.

verb

To move or proceed with short irregular motions up and down or from side to side: squiggle, squirm, waggle, worm, wriggle, writhe. See move/halt, repetition.

IN BRIEF: Move to and fro (often to get free).

I learned how to wiggle my ears from my cousin.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of wiggling
  Synonyms: wriggle, squirm

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The verb wiggle has one meaning:

Meaning #1: move to and fro
  Synonyms: jiggle, joggle

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sprælle, sno sig, vrikke
v. tr. - sprælle, sno sig, vrikke
n. - sprællen, vrikken

Nederlands (Dutch)
wiebelen, wrikken, gewiebel

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire bouger
v. tr. - se tortiller (ver), faire des zigzags (rivière)
n. - roulement (de hanches), action de faire bouger

Deutsch (German)
v. - wackeln, hin und her bewegen, sich winden
n. - Wackeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σείω/-ομαι, λικνίζω/-ομαι, κουνιέμαι νευρικά, προχωρώ ή κινούμαι σαν φίδι, συστρέφω/-ομαι
n. - σκέρτσο, νάζι, λικνιστική κίνηση, κούνημα

Italiano (Italian)
dimenarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sacudir(-se)
n. - linha ondulada (f)

Русский (Russian)
покачивать, покачиваться, ерзать, протискиваться, колебаться, покачивание, вихляние

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - menearse rápidamente, culebrear
v. tr. - contonear, menear rápidamente
n. - meneo, culebreo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vicka med, vrida på
n. - vickning, vridning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
扭动, 摆动, 扭动着行进, 使扭动, 使摆动, 使扭动着行进, 踌躇

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 扭動, 擺動, 扭動著行進
v. tr. - 使扭動, 使擺動, 使扭動著行進
n. - 躊躇, 擺動

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 소폭으로 흔들리다, 몸을 뒤틀어 탈출하다, 댄스하다
v. tr. - (뒤)흔들다
n. - 소폭으로 흔들림, 구불구불한 선, 댄스

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - くねくね動かす, もじもじさせる
n. - くねくね動くこと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتذبذب, يتهزهز, يتلوي, يذبذب, يهزهز (الاسم) ذبذبه, سمك مطهو بالصلصه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התנועע, זע, התפתל (בכיסא)‬
v. tr. - ‮נדנד, הניע‬
n. - ‮הנעה, נדנוד, התנועעות‬

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