wiggle
part of speech
verb (wiggle, wiggles, wiggled, wiggling); noun (a wiggle, wiggles)
meaning for a pupil
1) To wiggle is to move with small quick movements from side to side or up and down. tree →
2) A wiggle is one such small quick movement. tree →
3) A wiggly line is one that goes from side to side in little waves. tree →
4) (informal) «Wiggle room» means a little freedom to change something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life you wiggle your toes, a loose tooth, or your hips in a dance; worms and tadpoles wiggle. In PE and dance it is a fun action word. In maths and drawing, a wiggly line is not straight. Phrases: «wiggle your toes», «wiggle out of» (escape or avoid something), «wiggle room», «get a wiggle on» (hurry up).
examples
- Wiggle your toes in the warm sand. tree →
- The worm wiggled across the path. tree →
- My loose tooth wiggles when I touch it. tree →
- The puppy wiggled its whole body with joy. tree →
- The dancers wiggled their hips to the music. tree →
- Draw a wiggly line under the title. tree →
- He tried to wiggle out of doing the dishes. tree →
- Get a wiggle on or we'll miss the bus! tree →
- “Now just wiggle your shoulders this way,” he said, “and let go.” tree →
note
Double g: wiggle, wiggled, wiggling. Similar words: wriggle (twist the whole body, often to escape), wobble (shake because unsteady), jiggle. Do not wiggle a loose tooth too hard, and ask an adult if it bleeds a lot.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wiggle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.