jiggle
verb/ˈdʒɪɡl/
/ˈdʒɪɡl/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jiggle | /ˈdʒɪɡl/ /ˈdʒɪɡl/ |
| he / she / it jiggles | /ˈdʒɪɡlz/ /ˈdʒɪɡlz/ |
| past simple jiggled | /ˈdʒɪɡld/ /ˈdʒɪɡld/ |
| past participle jiggled | /ˈdʒɪɡld/ /ˈdʒɪɡld/ |
| -ing form jiggling | /ˈdʒɪɡlɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɪɡlɪŋ/ |
- to move or make something move up and down or from side to side with short quick movements
- (+ adv./prep.) Stop jiggling around!
- She jiggled with the lock.
- jiggle something (+ adv./prep.) He stood jiggling his car keys in his hand.
- Ken was jiggling the settings on his camera.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryJiggle is used with these nouns as the subject:- jelly
Word Originmid 19th cent.: partly an alteration of joggle, reinforced by jig.Definitions on the go
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