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Date: 1200-1300
Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wiggelen 'to walk unsteadily'

wiggle

 verb
     
wig‧gle [intransitive and transitive]
to move with small movements from side to side or up and down, or to make something move like this:
Henry wiggled his toes.
—wiggle noun [countable]
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