jiggle
/ˈd͡ʒɪɡəl/ noun, verb
Forms jiggles jiggling jiggled
- noun A relatively weak shaking movement; the condition or state of weakly shaking. “Give the key a jiggle and see if it opens.”
- noun Titillating depictions of scantily-clad female bodies in motion, especially in action media genres.
- verb (transitive) To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle. “Jiggle the handle and see if the water stops.”
- verb (intransitive) To shake, rattle, or wiggle. “The jelly jiggled in the bowl for a few moments after it was set down.”
Synonyms
Etymology
From jig + -le (frequentative suffix).
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [Freq. of jig.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “jiggle”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details