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   Jig·gle

   /ˈjiɡ(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. move about lightly and quickly from side to side or up and down: "his head jiggles up and down as he speaks" Similar fidgetwrigglesquirmmove restlesslyinformal:have ants in one's pants
   • ▪ shake (something) lightly up and down or from side to side: "he was jiggling his car keys in his hand" Similar shakejigjogglejogwagglewigglejerk

   noun

   • 1. a quick light shake: "give that rack a jiggle"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: partly an alteration of joggle1, reinforced by jig.

   Derivatives

   • 1. jiggly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • J

     8

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • G

     2

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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