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fiddle, fidget, jerk, jig, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, thrash, thresh, toss, twist, twitch, wriggle, writhe
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The puppy wiggled with excitement. the baby wiggled in her sleepRecent Examples on the Web: Verb
Favre wound up with the Jets, played a year there, then wiggled free from his deal and landed with … the Vikings. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "Eye-Opening Weekend: Lamar Jackson, Sammy Watkins, Dak Prescott and the Pats Light It Up," 9 Sep. 2019 Knot Zoos in the Lab To mathematicians, a knot means something like an ordinary knot tied in string, only the string’s ends are then attached so that the tangle can’t wiggle loose. — Quanta Magazine, "Scientists Learn the Ropes on Tying Molecular Knots," 29 Oct. 2018 The Rays, again getting by on their wits and wiggling into playoff contention by winning more with less this season, came out of a pendulous game with a victory in their typically untypical fashion. — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Rays take see-saw battle from Astros to avoid sweep," 29 Aug. 2019 Dressed in a natty olive khaki safari short and shirt set, Pat Nissan’s New York nose wiggled in excitement. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "From the Archives: Street Scene got people dancing in the streets in 1984," 18 Aug. 2019 Upon closer examination, those wiggling animals turn out to be thrips. — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, "The trouble with thrips: They’re as annoying to gardeners as is possible," 7 Aug. 2019 Manager Bud Black likes his ability to pitch and wiggle out of jams. — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, "Saunders: Rockies’ playoff hopes rest on acquiring veteran starting pitcher," 13 July 2019 Both regained some voluntary movements, such as wiggling their toes and lifting their lower legs. — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, "How a Revolutionary Technique Got People with Spinal-Cord Injuries Back on Their Feet," 7 Aug. 2019 The tiny larvae were seen wiggling on top of piles of seaweed that washed ashore as well as covering patches of sand near the surf. — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, "New Hampshire beach covered in thousands of 'nasty' maggots," 7 Sep. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
What looked like a back-and-forth wiggle in 2D now appears more like a corkscrew motion. — Scientific American, "Nanomachines, Jellyfish Hugs and Hurricane Dorian From Space: The Week's Best Science GIFs," 30 Aug. 2019 Running back Josh Jacobs showed the ability for some inside wiggle on an inside run period. — Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News, "Raiders’ Gabe Jackson out approximately two months with MCL injury," 8 Aug. 2019 In other words, unusual atmospheric circulation patterns would start the wiggle in the jet stream, which both brings cold air south to the mid-latitudes and warm air north to melt sea ice. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "Tested: Idea that sea ice steadies jet stream, blocking cold winters," 12 Aug. 2019 Plus, some are situated on plazas, which provide a little bit more room for photo opportunities and getting the wiggles out of little legs. — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Downtown Milwaukee is more than just buildings and museums. Here's where your kids can play outside.," 26 July 2019 Any guy with that kind of wiggle needs to have the ball in his hands. — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan football: George Johnson III could be a pass-throwing wildcard WR," 16 July 2019 Meanwhile, LIGO’s twin detectors, along with a third instrument in Europe called Virgo that switched on in 2017, have recorded 10 black hole collisions to date and one space-time wiggle from colliding neutron stars. — Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, "Confirmed! Scientists Did See Gravitational Waves (Probably)," 16 Dec. 2018 To calm a case of the wiggles, download the AllTrails app, which includes more than 75,000 hiking routes. — Kate Rockwood, Woman's Day, "How to Make the Most of Your Next Family Adventure," 25 June 2019 The concert-series closer for the second year in a row, Bryan went three songs over his seven-song set, but with all that romping, stomping and hip wiggles, who cared? — Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, "Luke, Carrie, Keith, Tim and More! The Stars Shine During CMA Fest's Epic Stadium Concerts," 11 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wiggle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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