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To move back and forth with quick irregular motions: The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
(verb-intransitive)
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To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle: wiggled restlessly in her chair; wiggled through the crowd.
(verb-intransitive)
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To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means: wiggled out of a social engagement.
(verb-intransitive)
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To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions: wiggle a loose tooth.
(verb-transitive)
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To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling: The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.