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getting a wiggle on

getting a wiggle on is the present participle and gerund of get a wiggle on.

Meaning of get a wiggle on

Verb

get a wiggle on (third-person singular simple present gets a wiggle on, present participle getting a wiggle on, simple past got a wiggle on, past participle (UK) got a wiggle on or (US) gotten a wiggle on)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To hurry up.
    • “If yeh're goin' to see yer fren', yeh better get a wiggle on. He won't last long.”1907, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 16, in The Brass Bowl

Questions about getting a wiggle on

What is getting a wiggle on the present participle and gerund of?
Getting a wiggle on is the present participle and gerund of get a wiggle on.

Words near getting a wiggle on in the dictionary

  1. getting a rise
  2. getting a rise from
  3. getting a rise out of
  4. getting a run on
  5. getting a sad on
  6. getting a wiggle on
  7. getting a word in
  8. getting a word in edgeways
  9. getting a word in edgewise
  10. getting a wriggle on
  11. getting about

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