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Grammar : Verb
Spell : jig-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪg əl



Definition of jiggle

Origin :
  • 1836, from jig (q.v.) + -le, frequentative suffix. Related: Jiggled; jiggling. As a noun, from 1840.
  • verb bounce up and down
Example sentences :
  • Every curve and jiggle and bounce was engraved forever on his mind.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • All Barry can seem to do though is to jiggle the spark and look surprised.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • But their ears are cold, and they jiggle on one leg against a frosty toe.
  • Extract from : « Hints to Pilgrims » by Charles Stephen Brooks
  • He wouldn't have to jiggle any flies off his skin then, if we had him in a boat.
  • Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony » by Laura Lee Hope
  • And if you rode on Prince, which is the other horse, he might jiggle you off into a snow bank.
  • Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's » by Laura Lee Hope
  • The big man brought himself up short and turned—carefully, so as not to jiggle the baby on his shoulder.
  • Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • And his head bobbed slowly up and down, for it was fastened so that the least jar or jiggle would move it.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Nodding Donkey » by Laura Lee Hope
  • However, before he could get near enough to her to "jiggle" her arm, and make her drop the pan, Dinah came in.
  • Extract from : « The Bobbsey Twins at Home » by Laura Lee Hope
  • There was no "jiggle" now, as Bunny called it, for the motor was not running like a sewing machine down in the hold of the boat.
  • Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove » by Laura Lee Hope

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