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Wiggle — Ltd Тип Частная () Wiggle Ltd Английская компания, торгующая спортивными товарами. Находится в Портсмуте, Великобритания и осуществляет продажу в более 80 стран мира на 10 языках и принимает оплату в 15 различных валют … Википедия
Wiggle — may refer to:* A member of The Wiggles, an Australian children s band * Wiggle (album), by Screeching Weasel * Wiggle (Irish band), an Irish Dub band from Cork * Wiggle Wiggle, a popular children s song, written by Bobby Susser within his… … Wikipedia
Wiggle — Wig gle, v. t. & i. [Cf. {Wag}, v. t., {Waggle}.] To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wiggle — Wig gle, n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wiggle — (v.) early 13c., perhaps from M.Du. or M.Flem. wigelen, frequentative of wiegen to rock, from wiege cradle (Cf. O.H.G. wiga, Ger. Wiege, O.Fris. widze), from PIE root *wegh to move (see WEIGH (Cf. weigh)). Related: Wiggled; … Etymology dictionary
wiggle — [n/v] shake back and forth jerk, jiggle, shimmy, squirm, twist, twitch, wag, waggle, wave, worm, wriggle, writhe, zigzag; concepts 80,150,152 … New thesaurus
wiggle — ► VERB ▪ move with short movements up and down or from side to side. ► NOUN ▪ a wiggling movement. DERIVATIVES wiggler noun wiggly adjective (wigglier, wiggliest) . ORIGIN Low German and Dutch wiggelen … English terms dictionary
wiggle — [wig′əl] vt., vi. wiggled, wiggling [ME wigelen, prob. < MDu & MLowG wiggelen, freq. of wiggen, to move from side to side, akin to OE wegan, to move: for IE base see WAG1] to move or cause to move with short, jerky or twisting motions from… … English World dictionary
Wiggle It — Infobox Single Name = Wiggle It Artist = Ricki Lee from Album = B side = Released = September 13, 2008Access All Areas. [http://www.accessallareas.net.au/music news/EkEZAEyVAFcjvPHudO.php Ricki Lee Wiggles It with New Single!]… … Wikipedia
wiggle — [[t]wɪ̱g(ə)l[/t]] wiggles, wiggling, wiggled V ERG If you wiggle something or if it wiggles, it moves up and down or from side to side in small quick movements. [V n] She wiggled her finger... His ears wiggled if you scratched his chin... [V… … English dictionary
wiggle — I UK [ˈwɪɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms wiggle : present tense I/you/we/they wiggle he/she/it wiggles present participle wiggling past tense wiggled past participle wiggled to make short quick movements from side to side,… … English dictionary
