Jiggle
/ˈdʒɪɡl/verb
To move or cause to move with quick, short movements up and down or from side to side.
She jiggled the doorknob to see if it was locked.
Often appears as...
- jiggle the handle
- jiggle slightly
noun
A jiggling movement.
The car gave a little jiggle when it started.
Often appears as...
- a little jiggle
- a slight jiggle
verb
To move or cause to move with quick, short movements up and down or from side to side.
She jiggled the doorknob to see if it was locked.
Often appears as...
- jiggle the handle
- jiggle slightly
noun
A jiggling movement.
The car gave a little jiggle when it started.
Often appears as...
- a little jiggle
- a slight jiggle
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Use 'jiggle' when referring to tangible items being moved, not abstract concepts.
He jiggled the mouse to wake up the computer screen.
Pro Tip 2/3Slight Movements
Emphasizes smaller, often repetitive motions; not large or violent actions.
If you jiggle the key gently, the lock will turn.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Tone
Best for informal conversations or instructions, might be too casual for formal writing.
Just jiggle the lever to get the machine started.
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A scientific approach to...
When talking about testable claims, respect them enough to ask these good questions. Challenge and see how you can examine them together, because there's this idea that you can't respect a belief and still challenge it, but that's not true. When we jiggle the lock, when we test the claim,
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Food Mover PIPE Life Below...
fall over there's no way to help it who cares if paper towels hit the floor I do care if something glass does just open it up and see this is not going to cut it let's get you down there anything that may cause a problem those'll jiggle they won't be bad
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What is metallic glass?...
Ice is crystalline, and so are diamonds, and salt. If you heat these materials up enough and melt them, the atoms can jiggle freely and move randomly, but when you cool them back down, the atoms reorganize themselves, reestablishing the crystal.
Video examples
A scientific approach to...
When talking about testable claims, respect them enough to ask these good questions. Challenge and see how you can examine them together, because there's this idea that you can't respect a belief and still challenge it, but that's not true. When we jiggle the lock, when we test the claim,
Video examples
Food Mover PIPE Life Below...
fall over there's no way to help it who cares if paper towels hit the floor I do care if something glass does just open it up and see this is not going to cut it let's get you down there anything that may cause a problem those'll jiggle they won't be bad
Video examples
What is metallic glass?...
Ice is crystalline, and so are diamonds, and salt. If you heat these materials up enough and melt them, the atoms can jiggle freely and move randomly, but when you cool them back down, the atoms reorganize themselves, reestablishing the crystal.
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Quote examples
Barbie Ferreira
American Model
People equate health to a picture in a magazine of a 6-foot-tall thin woman with her skin rolls Photoshopped and her waist edited to be tiny, so when they see bodies that jiggle and move around like they do, they assume it's wrong.
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Lydia Millet
American Novelist
I have a king bed, one of those memory-foam mattresses that doesn't jiggle as you get in or out. Even if you cleaved it down the middle with a pickax, the thing wouldn't tremble. It's practically earthquake-proof.
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Tracee Ellis Ross
American Actress
I'm toned, but I'm not cut. I like a little jiggle!
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Ileana D'Cruz
Indian Actress
I don't like the way my arms jiggle.
Quote examples
Barbie Ferreira
American Model
People equate health to a picture in a magazine of a 6-foot-tall thin woman with her skin rolls Photoshopped and her waist edited to be tiny, so when they see bodies that jiggle and move around like they do, they assume it's wrong.
Quote examples
Lydia Millet
American Novelist
I have a king bed, one of those memory-foam mattresses that doesn't jiggle as you get in or out. Even if you cleaved it down the middle with a pickax, the thing wouldn't tremble. It's practically earthquake-proof.
Quote examples
Tracee Ellis Ross
American Actress
I'm toned, but I'm not cut. I like a little jiggle!
Quote examples
Ileana D'Cruz
Indian Actress
I don't like the way my arms jiggle.
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