wiggling
Twisting back and forth
Wiggling is moving with small, quick, side-to-side or twisting motions.
A child wiggles in their seat; a worm wiggles across pavement.
To wiggle something is to move it this way: She wiggled her toes in the sand.
Wiggling suggests restless energy or the effort to work free from a tight spot—physical or figurative.
Twisting restlessly from discomfort
- wrigglingTwisting with short movements
- twitchingInvoluntary muscular contractions
- writhingTwisting the body convulsively
- jigglingShaking with light, rapid motion
quivering · shaking · swaying · undulating · oscillating · vibrating · rippling · fluttering
Segmented soil-dwelling invertebrate
nematode · caterpillar · leech · annelid · crawling · burrowing · slithering · segmented
Shaking with light, rapid motion
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- dislodgingFreeing from fixed position
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- unfasteningOpening what was secured
maneuvering · finessing · coaxing · extracting · freeing · unsticking · shifting
squirming
Twisting restlessly from discomfort
- wrigglingTwisting with short movements
- twitchingInvoluntary muscular contractions
- writhingTwisting the body convulsively
jiggling · quivering · shaking · swaying · undulating · oscillating · vibrating · rippling · fluttering · jerking
earthworm
Segmented soil-dwelling invertebrate
grub · nematode · caterpillar · leech · annelid · crawling · burrowing · slithering · segmented · invertebrate
jiggling
Shaking with light, rapid motion
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- dislodgingFreeing from fixed position
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
unfastening · maneuvering · finessing · coaxing · extracting · freeing · unsticking · shifting
fidgeting
Restless minor movements
impatient · uneasy · agitated · twitchy · uncomfortable · unsettled · nervous · edgy · jittery · fretful
tickling
Provoking involuntary laughter
mischievous · impish · frolicsome · romping · cavorting · squirmy · bouncy · jiggly · giddy · gleeful
- fidgetingfidgeting, fidget, tapping, fiddle, finger tapping
- lively motionsbouncing, bounding, darting, dashing, frolicking
- locomotionwalking, running, crawling, swimming, flying
- fiddlingfiddling, fiddle, fiddler, fiddle tune, fiddle tunes
- Unsteady Motionshake, vibrate, vibration, tremor, oscillating