jigglev.
/ˈdʒɪɡl/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪɡ(ə)l/ To move backwards and forwards, or up and down, with a light unsteady motion; to move in a rapid succession of slight jerks; to rock or jerk lightly.
a. transitive.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (transitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down > lightly
joggle1513
jiggle1836
1836 G. Head Home Tour 13 The more the child cried the more she jiggled it.
1887 A. Jessopp Trials Country Parson (1890) i. 23 We know that the fellow was jiggling the poor brute's teeth out of his mouth at the time.
b. intransitive.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down > lightly
joggle1680
jiggle1846
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Jiggle v. n., to practise affected or awkward motions, to wriggle. Mrs. Farrar.
1880 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Jiggle, v.n., to rock or shake backwards and forwards. Shetl.
1887 A. Jessopp Arcady i. 10 He shambles to the next brewery with any beast of burden that can jiggle along.
Derivatives
ˈjiggling n.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > jogging or jolting to and fro or up and down > lightly
joggling1828
jiggling1894
1894 Times 1 Mar. 3/5 The chief novelties claimed in the plaintiffs' invention were the use of narrower jiggling sieves, in proportion to the lateral area of the machine; a deflector [etc.].
1894 Times 1 Mar. 3/5 The jiggling of the sieve caused the heavier particles to fall through and the larger but lighter to pass off over the tail.
ˈjiggle n. a ‘jiggling’ movement; a light rapid rocking.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > jogging or jolting to and fro or up and down > lightly > instance of
joggle1727
jiggle1888
1888 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 59 It is only a little wilder jiggle.
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 225 There aren't a wave for miles an' miles Excep' the jiggle from the screw.
Draft additions September 2019
jiggly adj. that jiggles or is characterized by jiggling; wobbly, shaky.
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1875 J. H. Mathews Eleanor's Visit xii. 288 My hand does shake so all the time,..and the lines of my copy go all queer and jiggly when I try to look at them.
1917 Englewood (Chicago) Times 11 May They may be conscious of eye strain..reading a newspaper on the jiggly street car.
1986 H. Chirinian Dana goes to Dentist 24 ‘I have a loose tooth and it doesn't want to come out!’ Dana felt for the wiggly, jiggly tooth. It was gone!
2018 Sunday Times (Nexis) 17 June 10 Some of the most lavish homes in the capital..suffer from the same annoyances as ordinary mortals: jiggly loo seats, broken shower seals, mouse droppings.
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