jiggle

«jiggle» in Mova's school dictionary: to move quickly up and down or from side to side with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (jiggle, jiggles, jiggled, jiggling); noun (a jiggle, jiggles)

meaning for a pupil

1) To jiggle means to move quickly up and down or from side to side with small movements. tree →

2) To jiggle something means to shake it lightly, like a key in a stiff lock. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you jiggle a key to open a sticky lock, jiggle a loose tooth, or jelly jiggles on a plate. In stories a jiggling leg shows someone is nervous or impatient. Phrases: «jiggle the handle», «jiggle a key», «jiggle about».

examples

• She jiggled the key until the door opened. tree →
• The jelly jiggled on the plate. tree →
• Stop jiggling your leg under the table. tree →
• He jiggled his loose tooth with his tongue. tree →
• Jiggle the handle to make the toilet flush. tree →
• The baby laughed as I jiggled him on my knee. tree →
• The car's mirror jiggled on the bumpy road. tree →
• Give the box a jiggle to see what's inside. tree →

note

Regular: jiggled, jiggling (drop e). Similar words: wiggle (twist side to side), wobble (rock unsteadily), jiggle (small quick shakes). Adjective: jiggly.

In the corpora

• In a solid the particles are packed tightly and only jiggle in place, so a solid keeps its own shape.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jiggle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.