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as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the gelatin salad continued to jiggle after she set it on the table
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as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
the applicant's knees constantly jiggled, betraying her nervousness
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Recent Examples of jiggle
Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
Fidget in your chair (any movement, like jiggling your leg or tapping your foot).
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025
Then remove the foil and continue baking until the casserole is puffed and lightly brown and the center is set and doesn't jiggle.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
To get started, just press and hold a blank space on your home screen until the apps start to jiggle.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2020
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Verb
During the Inaugural Address, when Trump announced the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, Hillary Clinton, seated in the audience behind him, laughed in a conspicuous way, her shoulders jiggling.
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In the past, Boston has been able to shake off adversity and remain successful.—
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New tariffs take effect this week upending global alliances, shaking business and consumer confidence, and rattling the markets.—
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Minimize distracting habits like fidgeting, checking your watch, or tapping your fingers.—
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Glancing away or fidgeting—Signals discomfort or disinterest.—
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This is activist government in action, adding a new arrow to its quiver of arrows to sling at media opponents.—
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With his quirky lisp, wacky energy, and tinny vocal quiver, Carrey's cable guy Chip flails around against the backdrop of a psychedelic karaoke screen, hip-thrusting and shimmying his way across a house party as the elderly crowd gets their groove on.—
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How to jerk off Jerking off, also known as jacking off, is another technique that can be helpful in your arsenal of self-pleasure.—
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Cass jerked open the lever again and an unused shell arcked out and fell in the leaves beside the bleeding hound.—
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Simpson visited the Menendez family’s home in the 1970s, even tossing a football with Lyle in the backyard.—
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The footage, captured at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, allegedly showed Ventura walking toward a bank of elevators as Combs chased after her, then grabbing her by the neck and tossing her to the floor before turning to violently kick her and grab her purse and suitcase.—
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Valeria leaves guard duties to Ellen, a grandmother with a constant tremble in her hands from her MS.—
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Kaleena knew her fate before it was announced, teary-eyed and emotional as Kish, with a tremble in her voice, asked her and Alisha to pack their knives and go.—
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Most residents in the beachfront luxury condominium at Surfside were asleep in their beds when their 12-story residential building shuddered and then collapsed, pinning sleeping residents between the heavy concrete slabs of each floor.—
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Image Wall Street shuddered in response, with early market reaction pointing to a further slide in the stock market and a weakening dollar.—
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In the footage, the faceless android is seen suspended from the ceiling, its limbs twitching and moving in an unsettlingly human-like manner.—
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Something similar happened to Lindon’s recreation of a Picasso painting: His hand twitched, tearing the work to pieces.—
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“Jiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiggle. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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