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# wiggle

«wiggle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move with small quick movements from side to side or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (wiggle, wiggles, wiggled, wiggling); noun (a wiggle, wiggles)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) A wiggle is one such small quick movement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#m2)

3) A wiggly line is one that goes from side to side in little waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#m3)

4) (informal) «Wiggle room» means a little freedom to change something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you wiggle your toes, a loose tooth, or your hips in a dance; worms and tadpoles wiggle. In PE and dance it is a fun action word. In maths and drawing, a wiggly line is not straight. Phrases: «wiggle your toes», «wiggle out of» (escape or avoid something), «wiggle room», «get a wiggle on» (hurry up).

### examples

- Wiggle your toes in the warm sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x1)
- The worm wiggled across the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x2)
- My loose tooth wiggles when I touch it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x3)
- The puppy wiggled its whole body with joy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x4)
- The dancers wiggled their hips to the music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x5)
- Draw a wiggly line under the title. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x6)
- He tried to wiggle out of doing the dishes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x7)
- Get a wiggle on or we'll miss the bus! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x8)
- “Now just wiggle your shoulders this way,” he said, “and let go.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggle/#x9)

### note

Double g: wiggle, wiggled, wiggling. Similar words: wriggle (twist the whole body, often to escape), wobble (shake because unsteady), jiggle. Do not wiggle a loose tooth too hard, and ask an adult if it bleeds a lot.

### Trees and pragmatics

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