Crossword clues for wiggle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wiggle \Wig"gle\, v. t. & i. [Cf. Wag, v. t., Waggle.] To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Wiggle \Wig"gle\, n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Flemish wigelen, frequentative of wiegen "to rock," from wiege "cradle," from Proto-Germanic *wig- (cognates: Old High German wiga, German Wiege "cradle," Old Frisian widze), from PIE root *wegh- "to move" (see weigh). Related: Wiggled; wiggling. The noun is attested from 1816.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A wiggling movement. 2 (context in the plural English) (non-gloss definition: See wiggles.) vb. (context transitive intransitive English) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Wiggle is the fifth studio album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Screeching Weasel. Initially planned for release in November 1992, the album was finally released on CD, vinyl and cassette on January 15, 1993 through Lookout Records. Due to a "cymbal hissing" in the original vinyl version, the album was remixed and re-released soon afterwards.
After the band's popularity had grown with their previous album My Brain Hurts, the group felt pressured with the follow-up album. While most of Wiggle is in a similar vein to their previous album, some songs saw the band experimenting with new wave and a few featured a more hardcore-influenced sound reminiscent of the group's earlier material. In retrospect, vocalist Ben Weasel has voiced dissatisfaction with the album, mainly the songs that were chosen for it. However, he considers the band's performance and the album's production better than My Brain Hurts.
The album was remastered and reissued by Asian Man Records in 2005 shortly after the band had removed its catalog from Lookout due to unpaid royalties and a vinyl version was released by Recess Records in 2009.
Wiggle or wiggles may refer to:
Wiggle is a children's picture book by Doreen Cronin and is illustrated by Scott Menchin.
"Wiggle" is a song by American singer Jason Derulo, released as the fourth single from his third U.S. studio album, Talk Dirty (2014) in North America. In Europe, the song was released as the sixth single from his third international album, Tattoos and the first single from the special edition of the album. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg. The song was featured in a trailer for the 2016 film Sausage Party.
Usage examples of "wiggle".
I had just finished wiggling into my boots and securing my vest when Alem handed me the flechette pistol.
He felt the devil was slipping hip wiggling and bebop rhythms into gospel, tempting groups and luring good Christians away from the Lord with the idea of making a fast buck.
While Dagon slipped easily from beneath the bed with Lady Lily comfortably in his hand, Sarina proceeded to wiggle herself out.
A girl with hair the color of deoxygenated blood stuck her tongue out at me and wiggled it.
German ecdysiast has the advantage of a law which permits her to expose every last square centimetre of her person provided she does not wiggle it.
I knew in my dream I was going all sole alone on a frightsome road all sprinkled over with ashes and bones, and I that crawly in my back I could feel the backbone of me wiggling up and down like a caterpillar, so my heart was choking in my throat with the fear of it.
And winter was defeated, and the snowmelt roared down the valleys, and the Kneck scrawled its random wiggles across the flat silt of the valley.
He lifted his head and peered down across the quilt, wiggling his exposed toes with disfavor.
Willie Lumpkin, dazzling others with his remarkable ability to wiggle his ears.
He danced round the room, wiggling his butt and waggling his body, waving imaginary maracas in the air.
They dipped the net again, and Merissa lifted her end of the net high in the air, marveling at the ring of crawfish wiggling in the middle of it.
The band struck up a brisk but grating oompah beat and the young men turned their backs on the crowd and wiggled their leather covered asses at them, then they spun around and went into their song.
The jackhammers of the Wing of Zock had been wiggling my ossicles for twelve hours.
They were peckish again, the simple supper long since bolted and regarded in retrospect as a very late afternoon snack composed of uninspiring elements not of their own choosing-tuna wiggle, cucumber slices in vinegar, and brownies, a Becky effort.
He knew that he should be able to pick out the Sun, for he knew that the light from the sky, dispersed by the clouds of Venus, was polarized, made to wiggle up-and-down or sideways, instead of in all directions.