swigglev.
/ˈswɪɡ(ə)l/ rare.† 1. transitive. To sprinkle. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle
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oversprinkle?1548
overstrew1570
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insperse1587
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asperse1607
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disparple?1615
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swiggle1683
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bespatter1813
spray1829
1683 J. Pettus Fleta Minor (1686) i. 73 Put ground Bone-Ashes in it, and swigle or strew it over the test.
2. intransitive (or transitive with cognate object.) To wriggle.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle
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wiggle-waggle1827
swiggle1837
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (way) by writhing or wriggling
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to writhe one's way1836
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1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) xxii. 230 When he was in full rig a swigglin away at the top of his gait.
1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1848) 3rd Ser. xi. 86 With that he swiggled his way thro' the crowd, to the counter.
1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World 39 To think of you swaying and swiggling at the butt of a rope.
3. transitive. To shake about (liquid in a vessel, or something in a liquid). Also with vessel (spec. a beer glass) as object dialect.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > shake together or up > a liquid > in a vessel
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swiggle1943
1943 Pub & People (Mass Observation) vi. 185 Some people have a habit of what may be called ‘swiggling’ their glasses, which consists in moving them round and round in circles, either on the bar counter or table top, or up in the air.
Derivatives
ˈswiggling n.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > agitation of liquid in a vessel
swiggling1948
1948 L. A. G. Strong Trevannion xiii. 229 There was a wild splashing; Trevannion, craning forward, saw the gleam of a silver belly, and heard a madly energised swiggling and slithering.
1971 Weekly Guardian 2 Jan. 19/3 Such categories of pub behaviour as ‘Swiggling’—the habit of moving a beer glass round and round between sips.
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