Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wiggle
Participle: wiggled
Gerund: wiggling
Indicative
Present
| I | wiggle |
| you | wiggle |
| he;she;it | wiggles |
| we | wiggle |
| you | wiggle |
| they | wiggle |
Perfect
| I | have wiggled |
| you | have wiggled |
| he;she;it | has wiggled |
| we | have wiggled |
| you | have wiggled |
| they | have wiggled |
Past
| I | wiggled |
| you | wiggled |
| he;she;it | wiggled |
| we | wiggled |
| you | wiggled |
| they | wiggled |
Pluperfect
| I | had wiggled |
| you | had wiggled |
| he;she;it | had wiggled |
| we | had wiggled |
| you | had wiggled |
| they | had wiggled |
Future
| I | will wiggle |
| you | will wiggle |
| he;she;it | will wiggle |
| we | will wiggle |
| you | will wiggle |
| they | will wiggle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wiggled |
| you | will have wiggled |
| he;she;it | will have wiggled |
| we | will have wiggled |
| you | will have wiggled |
| they | will have wiggled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wiggle |
| you | wiggle |
| he;she;it | wiggle |
| we | wiggle |
| you | wiggle |
| they | wiggle |
Perfect
| I | have wiggled |
| you | have wiggled |
| he;she;it | have wiggled |
| we | have wiggled |
| you | have wiggled |
| they | have wiggled |
Imperfect
| I | wiggled |
| you | wiggled |
| he;she;it | wiggled |
| we | wiggled |
| you | wiggled |
| they | wiggled |
Pluperfect
| I | had wiggled |
| you | had wiggled |
| he;she;it | had wiggled |
| we | had wiggled |
| you | had wiggled |
| they | had wiggled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wiggle |
| you | would wiggle |
| he;she;it | would wiggle |
| we | would wiggle |
| you | would wiggle |
| they | would wiggle |
Perfect
| I | would have wiggled |
| you | would have wiggled |
| he;she;it | would have wiggled |
| we | would have wiggled |
| you | would have wiggled |
| they | would have wiggled |
Imperative
| you | wiggle |
| we | Let's wiggle |
| you | wiggle |
Verbs conjugated like 'wiggle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wiggle'
figgle,
giggle,
higgle,
jiggle,
niggle,
piggle,
riggle,
swiggle,
waggle,
wingle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, 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 base
*wegh- "to move" (see weigh). The noun is attested from 1816.
2. From Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Dutch wigelen (“to wiggle”) and perhaps Middle Low German wigelen, frequentative of wiegen (“to rock”), from wiege (“cradle”). See wain, and Dutch wieg (“cradle”). Cognate to Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”), Low German wiggeln (“to wiggle”). See: Dutch '
wiggelen', Low Saxon 'wiggeln'.
Sample Sentences
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Her hips wiggle as she walks.
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The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.
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I'll make ya bump, hump, wiggle and shake your rump [1992, “Jump”, performed by Kris Kross:]
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"These modern dances!" he grunted, grabbing his smokes. "They don't do nothing but teach the kids how to bump n wiggle." [2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 788:]
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She wiggled out through the small opening in the wall.