jiggle

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jig·gle /ˈdʒɪɡəl/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

MOVE something OR somebodyto make something move from side to side or up and down with short quick movements, or to move like this (使)左右摇摆；(使)上下急动

She jiggled the handle of the pram to make the baby stop crying.

她晃动婴儿车的手柄想让宝宝止住哭声。

‘Wake up, ’ he said, jiggling up and down on the bed.

“醒醒吧。”他边说边在床上蹦跳。

Examples from the Corpus

jiggle• The fat under her uniform jiggled.• The can jiggled and danced, as though possessed by a ghost.• He grinned, clambered to his feet and jiggled excitedly.• Occasionally the baby whimpered and she jiggled the handle of the pram until it stopped.• The computer has been taught fishing tricks: it jiggles the line to make the squid think the bait is alive.• He jiggled the object in his palm, Queeg-like.• The video camera lets you shoot from a moving car without jiggling the picture.• Use a couple of small ones as worry beads, jiggling them around in the palm of your hand.

Origin jiggle

(1800-1900) → JIG2

jig·gle verb

Chinese

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