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单词 wiggle
释义
wiggle
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To wiggle is to move something back and forth. When you dance, you probably wiggle your hips. If you wiggle them too much, your mother might wiggle a finger at you and say "Settle down!"
Young children wiggle loose teeth until they fall out. Sometimes, if your mom is trying to hold your little brother still, he'll wiggle out of her grasp and run off. Have you ever come across a rule that you don't want to follow? If so, you've probably tried to find some wiggle room, or little ways you could get out of doing what you don't want to do.
WORD FAMILY
wiggle: wiggled, wiggler, wiggles, wiggling, wiggly+/wiggler: wigglers/wiggly: wiggliness
USAGE EXAMPLES
There is more wiggle room with species categorized under Appendix II and Appendix III, as long as the traveler obtains the proper permit or certificate.
Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016)
Prince Frederick and Gabor laughed over the wiggling, mechanical Pony Pals.
Los Angeles Times(Mar 11, 1990)
Even McCain is leaving himself some wiggle room to capitulate.
Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016)
1v move to and fro
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
jiggle, joggle
wag, waggle
move from side to side
agitate, shake
move or cause to move back and forth
2n the act of wiggling
Syn|Hyper
squirm, wriggle
motility, motion, move, movement
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
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