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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
Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Every part of me that can jiggle is now jiggling.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Video shows the trio standing ominously in the front yard before taking turns ringing the bell, knocking on the door and, at one point, jiggling its handle.
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Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.
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Light shaking was detected, and people in several cities - including Hercules, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Fremont - reported feeling the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
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Trim the dead parts, shake the soil off, and store them in a cool, dark location where they are protected from the cold.—
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Children fidgeted in the relentless August heat.—
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People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism may share symptoms like fidgeting and restlessness.—
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Not a quiver in his lips, yet his frown growing.—
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As holiday feasts approach, fatten up your outdoor gear quiver with these favorites curated from Backcountry’s seasonal gift guides.—
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Aisha jerked and opened her eyes.—
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That jerking motion, combined with detergent and water, loosens dirt from the surfaces of clothing.—
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Someone off camera then tossed him that actual T-shirt.—
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Failing to get a criminal conviction tossed and again complaining about the conditions at Rikers Island, Weinstein wants to begin negotiations with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s office ahead of his upcoming trial, his lawyer said during a hearing Thursday.—
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Furman is one of a kind: a trans, devoutly Jewish former rabbinical student who’s written a book about Lou Reed and sings folk-punk songs in a mercurial tremble.—
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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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East Denver sushi fans shuddered in late December when Okinawa Japanese Cuisine, a mainstay on Colfax Avenue since 2010, closed and boarded up its doors with brown paper.—
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The deference with which that body has bowed to presidential fiat would make Page and William Maclay shudder.—
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At 6-foot-4, 255 pounds, Huff at his best has good bend and some twitch to his game.—
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Their usefulness remains an open question At the back of a conference hall at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, a humanoid robot twitched through a preprogrammed wave for a crowd of cell phone cameras—a classic scene of high spectacle and unclear utility at CES.—
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“Jiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiggle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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