Past tense of wiggle
regular verb
The past tense of wiggle is wiggled. The past participle is also wiggled.
Forms of wiggle
| Base form (V1) | wiggle /ˈwɪɡəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wiggled |
| Past participle (V3) | wiggled |
| Present participle | wiggling |
| Third person singular | wiggles |
Wiggled in a sentence
- She wiggled out through the small opening in the wall.
- Mom would tell me I wiggled worse than a worm; she would call me her wiggle worm.2022, Larry Lee Rhoton, The Treasure Map, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry wiggle worm
- Lynn squeezed her buttocks as she wiggled and gyrated, absorbing Chris's warm tongue in her love pocket.2015, Cindy Love, Unofficial School Business. From the entry love pocket
- I kicked off my shoes and wiggled my toes on the soft moss.2013, Julia Crane, Talia Jager, chapter 7, in Broken Promise (A Between Worlds Novel; 2), [Clarksville, Tenn.]: Valknut Press, →ISBN. From the entry squish
- The desiccated scoreboard flag wiggled atop an Impala that doughnutted the fifty-yard line.2009, Jamie Iredell, Prose. Poems. A Novel., Orange Alert Press, →ISBN, page 27. From the entry doughnut
Meaning of wiggle
- verb To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
- verb To move with shaking or jiggling.
- noun A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
Questions about the past tense of wiggle
- What is the past tense of wiggle?
- The past tense of wiggle is wiggled.
- What is the past participle of wiggle?
- The past participle of wiggle is wiggled.
- Is wiggle a regular or irregular verb?
- Wiggle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wiggle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of wiggle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/wiggle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.