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词汇 jiggle
释义 jiggle
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈdʒɪɡ.əl/ us /ˈdʒɪɡ.əl/
to move from side to side or up and down with quick short movements, or to make something do this: (使)上下急动,(使)左右摇摆,抖动
If the door won't open, try jiggling the key in the lock.如果门打不开,就把钥匙在锁里转动一下试试。
Synonym
joggle
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waggleverb
wiggleverbinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making short, sudden movements
aquiver
choppily
choppiness
convulse
convulsion
flick
jar
jerk
jerkily
jerkiness
jerky
quake
quiver
shaky
shook
shudder
squirm
toss
tremulous
whip
jiggle
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈdʒɪɡ.əl/ us /ˈdʒɪɡ.əl/
a quick short movement from side to side or up and down:
If the radio doesn't work, just give it a quick jiggle.
The theatre filled with giggles and jiggles of anticipation until the lights went down.
The picture must be in focus and steady with no bounces or jiggles.
Gravitational jiggles can cause a comet to travel through the inner Solar System.
When cooking the flat bread, give it a jiggle.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making short, sudden movements
aquiver
choppily
choppiness
convulse
convulsion
flick
jar
jerk
jerkily
jerkiness
jerky
quake
quiver
shaky
shook
shudder
squirm
toss
tremulous
whip

jiggle | American Dictionary


jiggle
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈdʒɪɡ·əl/
to move something or cause something to move from side to side or up and down with quick short movements:
[ T ]If the toilet won’t stop flushing, jiggle the handle.

Examples of jiggle


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Some points were jiggled slightly to the right or left to reduce overlap in the upper panel.
They simplify reality into abstract images that can be rearranged, jiggled, experimented with, communicated to other specialists, and then, eventually, transformed back into reality.
Unless we can jiggle or marshal market forces, there is no way that we shall have a suitable energy policy.
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My firm lost £300 because of all the jiggling about that occurred in deciding which judge to go before.
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It is not, therefore, a problem which can be solved merely by jiggling about with money, rates and so on.
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To try to dissipate that minority in some way by providing bribes and by jiggling with the electoral system is antidemocratic.
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I have already explained that league tables can be jiggled.
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Why do not we wait to see what will happen to the industry before we jiggle with safety aspects?
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This may be something of a deterrent, for it would make it more difficult for such things to be jiggled with.
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One of the lads went in, used his card, turned the aerial, jiggled it about and tuned it in.
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Clearly, there has been a jiggling of the figures.
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It is an anti-inflationary force which lies far outside anything to do with jiggling around with interest rates or peering two years ahead and trying to hit targets.
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To deal with that takes a little more than jiggling with the figures or pretending that we face purely a financial and monetary problem, however serious.
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These creatures propel themselves forward using their limbs by jiggling or flapping them.
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If one erased too hard, the table would jiggle and spoil the others line.
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