jiggle
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Synonyms
agitate, bucket, convulse, jerk, joggle, jolt, jounce, judder [chiefly British], quake, quiver, shake, shudder, vibrate, wobble (also wabble)
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Crouter was caught by a security officer at the Hawaiian Inn jiggling the handles of the rooms, trying to get inside, FOX35 reported. — Fox News, "Hurricane Dorian spurs Florida authorities to warn against looting, 2 arrested for allegedly stealing sandbags," 3 Sep. 2019 His aim was to start with a disordered box of randomly jiggling molecules, then separate the fast molecules from the slow ones, reducing entropy in the process. — Quanta Magazine, "How Life (and Death) Spring From Disorder," 26 Jan. 2017 On a flight from Boston a few years ago, a young mother across the aisle from me tried jiggling, crooning, rocking, and patting her baby. — Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al.com, "Nursing is a natural act. Treat it like one," 24 July 2019 The bacon was slightly crispy around the edges, though the strips jiggled like ectoplasm. — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, "Is it hot enough to fry an egg outside? We got cracking to find out.," 20 July 2019 For nearly a minute, the stadium jiggled, evident from the suddenly shaky center-field camera shown on the television broadcast. — Jack Harris, latimes.com, "Padres interrupt Dodgers' home winning streak more than earthquake," 6 July 2019 Soft matter physicists uncovered three criteria that characterized these systems: how much empty space exists between the particles, how densely the particles are packed and how much the particles can jiggle around. — Quanta Magazine, "‘Traffic Jams’ of Cells Help to Sculpt Embryos," 27 Sep. 2018 Munk knows just how to jiggle the handles so a customer falls off the bull without looking too foolish in front of his or her date. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "Follow the smell of deep-fried Twinkies. Soon you’ll be at the San Mateo fair," 7 June 2019 Transfer baking sheet with pie to oven and bake until edges puff and center jiggles only slightly when shaken, 40-50 minutes. 4. — Lisa Ludwinski, WSJ, "Pies That Bind: Thanksgiving Recipes From the Heartland," 15 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jiggle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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