jiggle

Other forms of jiggle

plural

jiggles·

past tense

jiggled·

present participle

jiggling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jiggle

What does jiggle mean?

jiggle means "a slight irregular shaking motion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jiggle?

jiggle has 2 syllables: jig-gle. The stress falls on "jig". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪɡəl/.

What is another word for jiggle?

Close synonyms include joggle, joggle, wiggle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jiggle a common word?

jiggle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.