as in twitched
to make jerky or restless movements
the baby wiggled in her sleep
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Recent Examples of wiggled
As soon as Rocky woke up, his tail began wagging furiously, and his entire body wiggled with excitement.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
The model comically wiggled her tongue back and forth as the artist worked his magic.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
One 14 month old tester happily clapped and wiggled along to the songs—a feature that can be adjusted as needed.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Lindsey stepped back and wiggled his right hand toward Smith, then Lindsey put the fullback in motion and again briefly signaled to Smith before the ball was snapped.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
But the Royals wiggled out of late trouble with four late runs and secured the road win.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
The crowd wiggled to the music with abandon.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Lynch wiggled out and hit Bella with a reverse DDT.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggled
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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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As the drugs flowed, Randolph's eyes were closed and his face twitched slightly.—
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Children fidgeted in the relentless August heat.—
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The open section of their session lasted for 15 minutes — and Howe will have squirmed through every second — but there were laughs amid the stretches and shuttle runs.—
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With a lightning-speed motion, Pedro tossed a cord around the foreman’s neck.—
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Someone else got that treasure but Keeney and his family went back for Game 7 and, at the end of batting practice, Brian Harper tossed Keeney his batting glove.—
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Aisha jerked and opened her eyes.—
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The two stood nose-to-nose on the field when the Steelers player grabbed onto Chase’s facemask, jerked his head and appeared to punch him.—
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Karrie Downs confirmed that 99% of what is on Facebook is exaggerated or twisted in discussing social media photos of their property and confirmed there's no proof of where those photos were taken.—
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Defensive coordinator Jesse Minter drew up two first-quarter looks that sent completely unblocked rushers at Nix, and the Chargers twisted Denver’s offensive line around multiple times with exotic blitzes that sent rushers looping around to opposite gaps.—
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As Rossini stowed her purse in a tiny back office, a manager named Katie Atlas was onboarding a new employee, a young woman who fiddled nervously with her necklace.—
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Communities across the globe probably independently fiddled their way towards the invention of proto lip balms over and over.—
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“Wiggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggled. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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