wiggled

Variant of wiggle

transitive verb, intransitive verb wiggled, wiggling

to move or cause to move with short, jerky or twisting motions from side to side; wriggle shakily or sinuously

Origin: ME wigelen, prob. < MDu & MLowG wiggelen, freq. of wiggen, to move from side to side, akin to OE wegan, to move: for IE base see wag

noun

the act or an instance of wiggling
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