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Definition of Jiggle
1. Verb. Move to and fro. "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"
Generic synonyms: Agitate, Shake
Specialized synonyms: Wag, Waggle
Derivative terms: Joggle, Wiggle, Wiggler, Wiggler, Wiggler
2. Noun. A slight irregular shaking motion.
Definition of Jiggle
1. v. i. To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.
Definition of Jiggle
1. Noun. a weak, shaking movement. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To shake, rattle, or wiggle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jiggle
1. to shake lightly [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jiggle
Literary usage of Jiggle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"bob, fig, jog, joggle, flip, fling, throw, dodge, spasm, jiggle, ... jiggle, n.
dance, bob, bobble, popple, jig, noddle, jog, joggle, dangle, ..."
2. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"... but to me it sounded more like "jiggle-jiggle-jiggle-jig." Although not loud,
it has a carrying quality which at once arrests attention. ..."
3. Pen Pictures of Europe by Elizabeth Peake (1874)
"Now I go down to the right, now raised up perpendicularly, now balancing for a
moment with an inclination to tip backwards, then jiggle, jiggle, jiggle (the ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"JEW'S EYE, s. anything very valuable. WILMSLOW. jiggle JAGGLE, also JIG JAG, adj.
irregular, not straight. " The brook runs all jiggle-jaggle. ..."
5. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"... jiggle my little baby, jiggle my little baby. Please put that little pillow
in, put that little ..."
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