wiggle

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So I hope Edward and Bella stay together, so that I can have my fun with Jacob. * suggestive eyebrow wiggle* Team Jacob FTW.

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  1. intransitive verb To move back and forth with quick irregular motions: The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
  2. intransitive verb To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle: wiggled restlessly in her chair; wiggled through the crowd.
  3. intransitive verb To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means: wiggled out of a social engagement.
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  • Suddenly Chex gave a wiggle, and her torso slid down a little. —  Vale of the Vole
  • No one knows precisely what a wiggle is doing between swarms, but the life pattern of its species seems to resemble its individual one-mostly stasis, punctuated by sudden, calamitous movement. —  Dragon on a Pedestal
  • So I hope Edward and Bella stay together, so that I can have my fun with Jacob. * suggestive eyebrow wiggle* Team Jacob FTW. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Mel Ott's stride and Julio Franco's upwards wiggle are two that quickly come to mind. —  Mop Up Duty | Baseball News Sabermetric | Baseball History Bio
  • Windows users brace for Conficker's wiggle - roundup The Conficker worm is keeping security experts on their toes, trying to scope out exactly how and when it might strike. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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wiggle:   wiggled ·  wiggling
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Low German wiggelen, to totter; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English wigelen (=MD wighelen = Middle High German wigelen), reel, stagger; prob. a variant form of waggle.
  2. from wiggle, v.
 

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