wiggle
/ˈwɪɡəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
noun
A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
noun
An alternating state or characteristic.
Example Sentences
- "Her hips wiggle as she walks."
- "The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it."
- "I'll make ya bump, hump, wiggle and shake your rump"
- ""These modern dances!" he grunted, grabbing his smokes. "They don't do nothing but teach the kids how to bump n wiggle.""
- "She wiggled out through the small opening in the wall."
- "She walked with a sexy wiggle."
Etymology
From Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Dutch wigelen (“to wiggle”) and perhaps Middle Low German wigelen, frequentative of wiegen (“to rock”), from wiege (“cradle”). See wain, and Dutch wieg (“cradle”). Cognate to Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”), Low German wiggeln (“to wiggle”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wiglen, wigelen