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wiggling

wiggling is the present participle and gerund of wiggle.

Meaning of wiggle

Verb

wiggle (third-person singular simple present wiggles, present participle wiggling, simple past and past participle wiggled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
    • Her hips wiggle as she walks.
  2. (intransitive) To move with shaking or jiggling.
    • She wiggled out through the small opening in the wall.

See all 6 meanings of wiggle

Noun

wiggling (plural wigglings)

  1. The motion of something that wiggles.
    • the wigglings of a lively worm

Forms of wiggling

pluralwigglings

Phrases with wiggling

Questions about wiggling

What does wiggling mean?
Wiggling means the motion of something that wiggles.
What is wiggling the present participle and gerund of?
Wiggling is the present participle and gerund of wiggle.
What part of speech is wiggling?
Wiggling is a noun.
What is the plural of wiggling?
The plural of wiggling is wigglings.

Words near wiggling in the dictionary

  1. Wigglesworthian
  2. Wigglesworths
  3. wigglier
  4. wiggliest
  5. wiggliness
  6. wiggling
  7. wiggling out of
  8. wigglings
  9. wiggly
  10. Wiggo
  11. wiggs

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