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noun

Definition of jigglingnext
as in shaking
a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side the nerve-rattling jiggling we got when we drove over the railroad tracks

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jiggling

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adjective

as in jiggly

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jiggling

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verb

present participle of jiggle
1
as in jerking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the gelatin salad continued to jiggle after she set it on the table

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2
as in fidgeting
to make jerky or restless movements the applicant's knees constantly jiggled, betraying her nervousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiggling
  1. shaking
  2. rickety
  3. vibration
  4. tossing
  5. doddering
  6. vibrating
  7. precarious
  8. infirm
Verb
  • Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the video, a terrified Archie can be seen frozen, staring and shaking.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of shaking
Adjective
  • Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
Definition of rickety
Noun
  • Scientists started monitoring the island more closely in 2017 when seismic activity (vibrations caused by an earthquake) intensified.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Last spring, for instance, Charlotte Tilbury came out with a collection of six scents developed with IFF’s proprietary technology meant to stir emotions, vibrations, actions and reactions.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of vibration
Verb
  • Jacobs tossing Tyrann Mathieu out of his way and then Ugo Amadi flopping to the ground on an easy TD throw from Jordan Love to Dontayvion Wicks on the first drive in the first quarter encapsulated Monday night for the Saints.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Whether recycling the tree or tossing it out, it must be stripped of all lights, tinsel and decorations.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of tossing
Adjective
  • Their journey of friendship and rivalry is the emotional core of a story that is startlingly political, a leap made effectively by Jeff Goldblum’s dodgy, smarmy and doddering Wizard, who’s ably assisted by the darkly dangerous aide de camp Michelle Yeoh.
    Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Once upon a time, a doddering old man spoke of a dream about a united city in this empire’s capital, where every man, woman, and child could walk its streets and live a good life regardless of their patrician or plebeian birthright.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of doddering
Verb
  • Not literal strings, of course—but tiny loops or snippets of vibrating energy.
    Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Because everything is moving, everything vibrating in one great dance that is the act of becoming.
    Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of vibrating
Adjective
  • For eons, gay men (and their enablers) have been passing down misinformation about something that is admittedly precarious, yet more simple than it's made out to be.
    Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, but: Republicans' control of Congress beginning in January will be precarious.
    Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of precarious
Adjective
  • The patients, many aged and infirm, have been besieging lawmakers with meetings, calls and emails, pressing them to pass the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform, or SOAR, Act by the end of the year.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2024
  • However, unless the patient/resident is so infirm that he or she can’t be moved, nothing prevents a son, daughter or grandchild from taking their relative OUT for a nice brunch, lunch or dinner.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of infirm
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