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# jiggle

«jiggle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move quickly up and down or from side to side with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (jiggle, jiggles, jiggled, jiggling); noun (a jiggle, jiggles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To jiggle means to move quickly up and down or from side to side with small movements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#m1)

2) To jiggle something means to shake it lightly, like a key in a stiff lock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you jiggle a key to open a sticky lock, jiggle a loose tooth, or jelly jiggles on a plate. In stories a jiggling leg shows someone is nervous or impatient. Phrases: «jiggle the handle», «jiggle a key», «jiggle about».

### examples

- She jiggled the key until the door opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#x1)
- The jelly jiggled on the plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#x2)
- Stop jiggling your leg under the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#x3)
- He jiggled his loose tooth with his tongue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#x4)
- Jiggle the handle to make the toilet flush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#x5)
- The baby laughed as I jiggled him on my knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#x6)
- The car's mirror jiggled on the bumpy road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#x7)
- Give the box a jiggle to see what's inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/#x8)

### note

Regular: jiggled, jiggling (drop e). Similar words: wiggle (twist side to side), wobble (rock unsteadily), jiggle (small quick shakes). Adjective: jiggly.

### In the corpora

- [In a solid the particles are packed tightly and only jiggle in place, so a solid keeps its own shape.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/11-solids-liquids-gases/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jiggle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jiggle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.