Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shiggle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shig-gle
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shake, jiggle.

Etymology

From Welsh siglo (“to shake”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

shiggles (present, singular) shiggling (participle, present) shiggled (participle, past) shiggled (past)

Rhymes With

Questions

What does shiggle mean?
To shake, jiggle.
Where does shiggle come from?
It is traced to Welsh.

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